Tim Sweeney: the Ninth Circuit's decision on the Epic v. Apple contempt ruling appeal “completely shuts down” App Store rules letting Apple collect “junk fees”
In an interview, Epic Games' CEO says that an appeals court ruling in its case against Apple is ‘really awesome for all developers.’
Apple overhauls EU App Store to comply with DMA: developers can push offers and alt payments, and the Core Technology Fee will be swapped for tiered commission
• developers can now link to promotions beyond their website without limits on URLs or UI — • users can now opt out of seeing the “scare sheet” that warns users about purchasing items outside the Ap...
Ticketmaster says it now shows the full price of a ticket up front, as part of its efforts to comply with the US FTC's junk fees ban that takes effect on May 12
The first is “Click to Cancel” which goes into effect in July that requires companies to make canceling a subscription as easy as signing up. — The second is this ban on hidden junk fees. … Forums: ...
Airbnb now shows the full cost of a stay, excluding taxes, in search results by default; a Biden-era FTC rule on “junk fees” is set to go into effect on May 12
Even the Sneaky Fees Fortune : Airbnb will now show you the full price for a stay by default so you know exactly what you'll be paying for upfront AJ Dellinger / Gizmodo : Airbnb to Show Full Price by...
The US FTC issues long-awaited rules requiring companies to display the full price of hotels, concert tickets, and more up front, rather than hiding “junk fees”
The industries must display the full price of a hotel room, concert ticket or sporting event upfront to customers or face potential federal punishment.
Epic debuts the Epic Games Store on iOS in the EU, offering its games, including Fortnite, and plans to start onboarding third-party games starting in December
Apple can go to hell — [images] @macstories@mastodon.macstories.net : The Epic Cost of Tim Sweeney's App Store Disputes with Apple and Google https://www.macstories.net/... Steve Troughton-Smith / @...
After Apple's threats, Patreon memberships via its iOS app will be subject to Apple's 30% fee from November 2024; creators must switch to subscription billing
if you're paying with iPhone Hamish McKenzie / On Substack : The price of payments — Today, Patreon is in the unenviable position of explaining to creators … Ashley King / Digital Music News : The ‘...
The US DOJ sues Adobe for allegedly harming “consumers by enrolling them in its default, most lucrative subscription plan without clearly disclosing” plan terms
Amid a flurry of tech news yesterday … Kevin Okemwa / Windows Central : US government sues Adobe for ‘deceptive’ business tactics and hiding steep subscription cancellation charges to ‘trap’ its custo...
The US IRS says it spent $10.5M to develop and $2.4M to run its free tax filing website, used by 140K+ taxpayers in 12 states, and claims high user satisfaction
without paying junk fees. Matthew Yglesias / @mattyglesias : A small but important thing to make the government work better and improve people's lives @jason : ummm... that actually seems kinda reason...
Letter to Epic: Apple's lawyers cite Tim Sweeney's attacks, including an X post, and say Epic is part of a “global effort to undermine or evade Apple's rules”
To understand what just happened, one needs to rewind to the start … Tom Ivan / Video Games Chronicle : EU says it's investigating why Apple terminated Epic's developer account Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo ...