App Stores
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Apple’s iPhone Event, Apple and California, Additional Notes
Apple’s iPhone event wasn’t particularly interesting, but that’s a compliment to the iPhone’s power in the market and strength in the market. If only Apple’s platform governance were as good.
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Apple Makes the Rules, Reader and Productivity Apps, High-spending Gamers
Digging into the implications of the injunction on Apple’s anti-steering provision, and why Apple still has something to lose.
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The Apple v. Epic Decision
Understanding Apple’s victory in Apple v. Epic, and the limitations of the injunction on anti-steering provisions.
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Apple’s App Store Concession, Why This is a Big Deal, Devil in the Details
Apple announced a major change to the App Store; is the company doing the bare minimum possible, or finally making concessions that are long overdue?
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China’s Video Game Restrictions, South Korea Passes App Store Payments Law
China’s new video game restrictions point to broader China-related trends, while South Korea strikes the first blow against the App Stores.
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Apple’s Settlement, Explicit Imprimatur, Additional Notes
Apple’s settlement announcement wasn’t as big of a concession as advertised, but it wasn’t nothing. Plus, the Apple News Partner Program
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Apple Versus Governments, Apple’s Legitimate Privacy Claims, Privacy and Paranoia
The pushback to Apple’s move suggests that people are more concerned about their devices spying on them than they are third parties tracking them.