Tim Sweeney says the UK's mobile app store regulation lags “well behind” other countries, and calls the CMA delaying its iPhone sideloading decision a “blunder”
Competition and Markets Authority delayed decision over fees Apple and Google charge developers Forums: Slashdot Forums: Msmash / Slashdot : UK is Lagging Behind Rest of World in Tackling Big Tech, Sa...
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...
Apple unveils new child safety features, including updated age ratings, simplified setup for Child Accounts, and an API to let developers confirm age range
This is excellent news!! Will definitely be adopting this API in AltStore — https://www.macrumors.com/... Threads: Casey Newton / @crumbler : Wrote about Apple's clever answer to the child safety l...
Apple removes Advanced Data Protection for iCloud in the UK after the government ordered it to build a backdoor, something the company says it will never do
Better no security than a false sense of one. Ari Cohn / @aricohn.com : Apple's UK user data is now more vulnerable. It's not Apple's fault; they're PROTECTING users by not giving a false sense of se...
In a rare move, Apple publishes a statement and a support document listing all ByteDance apps inaccessible in the US alongside TikTok, including Lemon8 and Lark
So even though we banned TikTok, ostensibly for security reasons, we end up creating an even bigger security problem when millions of people install some app that can read and modify all traffic. Dare...
Donald Trump says he will sign an executive order on January 20 to delay enforcing the TikTok US ban and argues for a TikTok joint venture with 50% US ownership
Yes, Trump said he's “most likely” to give #TikTok 90-day extension. — No, that's not a legally available option. — The 270 days lapsed. An extension is no longer available (even if TikTok met 3 ...
The FTC bans GM from selling driver behavior and geolocation data to consumer reporting agencies for five years, after finding GM didn't properly inform drivers
GM must now obtain explicit user consent and offer an option to delete data, ensuring greater transparency and privacy for customers. Lilian Edwards / @lilianedwards : Even as she leaves office Lina K...
Zuckerberg urged Trump to stop the EU from fining US tech companies, which he says were forced by EU to pay $30B+ for legal violations over the past two decades
Right. Should be fun few years for the EU. www.politico.eu/article/zuck... Mike Galsworthy / @mikegalsworthy : I'm on the EU's side on this. — And so should be every global citizen that does not wa...
Apple removes RFE/RL's Svoboda app from the Russian App Store at the demand of Roskomnadzor; Apple also removed recent podcasts by Ekho Moskvy and others
BBC Russian Service, The Insider, and Echo Moskvy—from its Russian users, Mediazona learned. There were no updates for several days, and users who haven't listened to these podcasts before can't even ...
Apple unveils iOS changes to comply with the EU's DMA: browser choice screen updates, more default app settings, and the ability to delete certain system apps
https://spyglass.org/... Mark Gurman / @markgurman : I'm not saying this is a bad thing, but I'd venture to guess under 0.1% of customers in the EU are asking for any of this. This is going to create...