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App Store critics should shoot down Apple patents to prove “Junk Fees” allegation, win regulatory-political end game
Read more: App Store critics should shoot down Apple patents to prove “Junk Fees” allegation, win regulatory-political end gameApple charges €0.50 per install per year if apps are installed by alternative app stores in the EU. Intellectual property valuation is necessary to challenge that fee, and it begins with narrowing the list of IP that has to be valued at all.
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Steve Jobs turning in his grave as EU tells Apple: we won’t let you silence critics like Epic Games—PR Waterloo, $30B risk
Read more: Steve Jobs turning in his grave as EU tells Apple: we won’t let you silence critics like Epic Games—PR Waterloo, $30B riskAn X (forermely known as Twitter) post by EU internal market commissioner Thierry Breton makes it likely that Apple will now have to fold and let Epic Games run an iOS app store in the EU.
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Apple terminates Epic Games’ EU developer account, preventing Epic from making an alternative iOS app store
Read more: Apple terminates Epic Games’ EU developer account, preventing Epic from making an alternative iOS app storeApple’s termination of Epic’s Swedish subsidiary’s developer account means further escalation in the Epic-Apple dispute and raises a DMA enforcement question of first impression.
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On DMA Day, thanks to EVP Vestager for prioritizing app stores and to Apple for fixing a small-business issue
Read more: On DMA Day, thanks to EVP Vestager for prioritizing app stores and to Apple for fixing a small-business issueOn today’s DMA Day, a key compliance deadline, games fray does not see effective competition in app stores (apart from niche markets) on the horizon but there is mid-term hope. And Apple deserves credit for fixing an issue.
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Explanation (on eve of DMA Day) of Apple’s refusal to make major concessions to app makers: it’s worth it to them
Read more: Explanation (on eve of DMA Day) of Apple’s refusal to make major concessions to app makers: it’s worth it to themApp Store critics of all sizes must be aware of what drives Apple’s dogged defense and makes it so resilient. Policy makers and private-sector stakeholders have too often brought butter knives to a high-stakes gunfight.
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App Store critics like Spotify and Epic got mixed results in middle game—but what’s their end game against Apple?
Read more: App Store critics like Spotify and Epic got mixed results in middle game—but what’s their end game against Apple?Like a chess game, breaking Apple’s app monopoly consists of opening, middle game and end game, Apple always planned for the whole distance. What about its rivals?
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Why the EU’s Digital Markets Act fails in the App Store context: network effects handily beat non-qualified FRAND
Read more: Why the EU’s Digital Markets Act fails in the App Store context: network effects handily beat non-qualified FRANDWhether the European Commission and/or private parties try to enforce the Digital Markets Act’s FRAND requirement, Apple is overwhelmingly likely to defend its commercial terms, either entirely or for the largest part. The DMA is too weak.
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Apple will reinstate home-screen web apps in EU, but limits feature to own browser engine contrary to DMA
Read more: Apple will reinstate home-screen web apps in EU, but limits feature to own browser engine contrary to DMAThe EU Digital Markets Act obligates Apple to allow browsers to come with their own engines. Apple now gives its own engine an exclusive feature: progressive web apps.
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