Roughly 20,000 games are thought to be using a loophole to sell games on the App Store in China without a license, but that ends on June 30.
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Apple set to remove thousands of games from Chinese App Store in license crackdown
Apple is about to start removing thousands of mobile games from its App Store in China, following the government’s crackdown on a loophole that has until now allowed developers such as Rockstar Games …
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Following App Store rejection drama, Apple approves Hey email app as company adds time-limited free accounts
Apple today approved the Hey email app, following a week of drama over Apple’s decision to reject the app because it did not adopt in-app purchases. In a letter last week, Apple SVP Phil Schiller …
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Apple Shares Gain Ahead of First Virtual WWDC in Three Decades; App Store Faces New Antitrust Challenges
Apple will hold its first virtual Worldwide Developers Conference in 31 years Monday, with a keynote address scheduled for 1:00 PM Eastern time.
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Apple closes Chinese App Store loophole, causing thousands of games to be removed
Apple will start removing thousands of games from its Chinese App Store in July as a result of a policy that requires all paid games or games with in-app purchases to be licensed by Chinese regulators …
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Apple set to pull unlicensed games from Chinese App Store
Apple is reporteldy preparing to remove thousands of games from the App Store in China in July, taking down listings for iOS games that operate in the country without gaining approval from the country …
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Apple Shares Edge Higher Ahead of First Virtual WWDC in Three Decades; App Store Faces New Antitrust Challenges
Apple will hold its first virtual Worldwide Developers Conference in 31 years Monday, with a keynote address scheduled for 1:00 PM Eastern time.
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Apple to remove thousands of games from Chinese App Store, four years late
Apple will be removing thousands of games from the Chinese App Store as it finally begins complying with a law that came into force back in 2016 …
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Apple Store looting updates and iPhone tracking in the Apple Crime Blotter
An indictment for a SIM swap scam that defrauded Apple, a tracked iPhone leads to assault charges, ill-advised cursing at the judiciary, and more from the Apple crime blotter.
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I went to a reopened Apple Store and listened to the silence
Best iPhones in 2020: iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone SE, and more Here are the top iPhone models (new and old) available to buy right now Read More Apple has recently begun to reopen many of its stores, in …
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This Week in Apps: App Store outrage, WWDC20 prep, Android subscriptions change
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the Extra Crunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all. The app industry is as hot as ever, …
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Basecamp CEO says Apple App Store issue is about ‘absence of choice’
Basecamp CEO Jason Fried has written an open letter explaining what his real problem is with Apple’s App Store payment policies. Spotify chief Daniel Ek revealed long ago that the company can’t afford …
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App Store policy and developer fee drama won’t change Apple’s ways at all
It might be to developers’ advantage to complain loudly about Apple and the App Store, but the same system they decry is what gets them to all of their customers — and most devs have been fine with it …
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Apple’s Stand-Off With Developers Over the App Store Puts It on the Wrong Side of Innovation
The iPhone maker is facing intense criticism from both regulators and developers over its control of the App Store.
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Apple Rejects Facebook Gaming Platform From Coming on App Store For the Fifth Time
Apple claimed that the App Store rules do not allow third-party apps to distribute games as a separate platform.
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Phil Schiller says no App Store policy changes coming after ‘Hey’ drama
Apple SVP of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller in an interview this week said the company has no plans to walk back scrutiny of Basecamp’s Hey email app, noting the software must comply with all App …
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Apple rejects Facebook’s Gaming platform from the iOS App Store
Apple has once again rejected the Facebook Gaming app on the iOS App Store, reinforcing that the company is not as open to competition. The app was being reviewed by Apple for the past few weeks, but …
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