Amazon updates its iOS Kindle app to add a prominent orange “Get book” button, enabling purchases via the mobile browser, after the recent Epic v. Apple ruling
Amazon has updated its Kindle iOS app to take advantage of recent changes to Apple's App Store rules.
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@lu.is
Luis Villa
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@bookshop.org pretty please can we have this, as a treat [embedded post]
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@quinnypig.com
Corey Quinn
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FINALLY. My god. It only took how many years and a court order? [embedded post]
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@joshgans
Joshua Gans
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Finally. Yes I now I really don't object to Apple commissions but I have really wanted this. https://www.theverge.com/...
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@timsweeneyepic
Tim Sweeney
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You can know buy Kindle books in the Kindle app! The digital world is finally healing from Apple's self-inflicted wounds. https://www.theverge.com/...
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@pkafka
Peter Kafka
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Words here, if you'd like: www.businessinsider.com/tim- sweeeney... [embedded post]
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@pkafka
Peter Kafka
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“What good is coding if you don't have the right to release your product? You have to mix the love of the art together with your defense of your right to engage in the art.” — Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney on his 5-year, $1 billion fight with Apple. — podcasts.apple.com/us/podc…
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@timsweeneyepic
Tim Sweeney
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The “small developer trade organization” con job that Apple funds to work against the interests of small developers is hosting an event. Get this — they have named it “AppCon”. A kernel of truth in a sea of lies!
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@senwarren
Elizabeth Warren
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Apple defied a court order just so it could steal from app developers and jack up prices for users. A federal judge called it an “obvious cover-up” and put a stop to it. This is a huge win for app users, developers, and competition.
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@timsweeneyepic
Tim Sweeney
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@matthewstoller Not seeing a stay request, and the irreparable harm test surely isn't satisfiable.
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@hoeglaw
Richard Hoeg
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@GameOverThirty @ZhugeEX Yes. The first thing Apple will do as part of this is seek an injunction/stay pending their appeal. Since I think the order is pretty clearly overreaching I would anticipate Apple winning the appeal (in substantial part), but getting a stay is a closer qu…
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@hoeglaw
Richard Hoeg
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@ZhugeEX @GameOverThirty Appeal will be a long time (probably a year+ would be my guess). Stay will get an up/down vote pretty quick (months) but Apple has to ask for it first.
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@matthewstoller
Matt Stoller
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Apple filed its notice for appeal in the Epic Games case. The expectation on Wall Street is that the decision to allow apps to freely link out of the app store will be halted until 2026 by a higher court. https://storage.courtlistener.com/ ...
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@hoeglaw
Richard Hoeg
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Never any question that this was coming.
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@games_fray
@games_fray
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Apple has just appealed last week's contempt ruling in the Epic Games competition case. Note that they're still trying to get the judgment as a whole overturned, but at least they are aiming for reveral of the contempt-of-court part. Here's the docket entry: 🧵1/2
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r/apple
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Apple files appeal to wrest back control of its App Store | Epic Games' stunning victory blocks Apple from imposing fees on purchases made outside the App Store.