Move over, Apple: Meet the alternative app stores coming to the EU

People in the European Union are now allowed to access alternative app stores thanks to the Digital Markets Act (DMA), a regulation designed to foster increased competition in the app ecosystem. Like ... Read More

Brazil tells Apple to open up; perhaps it’s time to move on?

The proverbial lady isn’t singing quite yet in Brazil. Apple continues to insist that opening the app economy in the way regulators demand will pose a significant challenge to maintaining customer ... Read More

EU App Store: Apple Removes Thousands of Apps Due to Digital Services Act Requirements

EU App Store: Apple Removes Thousands of Apps Due to Digital Services Act Requirements ... and phone number. This move is part of Apple’s broader efforts to adhere to new regulations aimed ... Read More

Apple lashes out at iPhone porn app maker and EU rules allowing its download

The digital rulebook forces Big Tech companies to open their services up ... Apple was forced to relax restrictions on its App Store, by allowing people in the 27-nation bloc to download iPhone ... Read More

Apple purges apps without contact info from EU app store, as DSA deadline hits

Apple on Tuesday announced it has removed any EU apps that ... signed up for virtual phone numbers instead of giving out their private numbers for publication on the public App Store. Read More

Apple Blasts EU Laws After First Porn App Comes to iPhones

The developer of Hot Tub has marketed the app as Apple approved — an assertion the company said is a lie. Apps on third ... a third-party store of its own for iPhones in the EU. Read More

Apps that haven’t complied with the trader requirement in the EU removed from the Apple App Store

Apple informed developers apps without trader status have been removed from the App Store in the European Union (EU) until trader status is provided and verified by Apple. Account holders or admins in ... Read More

Missing retailer information: Apple kicks apps out of the EU App Store

Apple writes in its developer support area that the deletion has begun. “Since [February 18], apps without trader status in the European Union (EU) have been removed from the App Store until ... Read More