Apple App Store Updates

[Navjot Singh]

App Store subscriptions can now charge you more without your approval

Apple has updated its App Store policies to allow developers to charge you more for auto-renewing subscriptions under specific circumstances without your prior, explicit approval for the price hike.

www.neowin.net

 

[Sushubh]

Apple announces biggest upgrade to App Store pricing, adding 700 new price points

Apple today announced the most comprehensive upgrade to pricing capabilities since the App Store first launched.

www.apple.com

 

[Navjot Singh]

Here’s the new Apple tax every developer is going to hate

50 cents is the new 30 percent.

www.theverge.com

Apple allows devs to promote subscriptions on the web with a 27% cut | TechCrunch

Apple updated its App Store guidelines to allow U.S-based developers to link out to the web for in-app purchase options.

techcrunch.com

Apple's reluctant, punitive compliance with regulators will burn its political and developer goodwill | TechCrunch

Apple is increasingly making big product changes reluctantly in response to legal issues and regulator demands, instead of being driven by innovation.

techcrunch.com

Apple is doing in 2024 what Twitter did in 2012.

There's a fee (0.5euro per user per year) if your app crosses 1 million installs on a 3rd party store.
The third-party store has to pay the same fee for every installation. And 1 million installation freebie don't apply to them.
If a developer even links to a payment option outside the Apple store, Apple wants a 27% cut of that. (Impossible to calculate and prove though)

On top of that, Apple in its letter to customers warned that these measures will decrease security so probably don't use apps that want you to use a 3rd party system.

 

[Navjot Singh]

Mozilla says Apple’s new browser rules are “as painful as possible” for Firefox

Mozilla is “extremely disappointed.”

www.theverge.com

Lol Browsers who don't want to use Webkit can do so only in the EU. Firefox EU and Firefox regular. lol

 

[Navjot Singh]

Source

This just keeps getting worse.

 

[Sushubh]

Apple Removes Another RFE/RL App At Request Of Russian Regulator

U.S. technology giant Apple has notified RFE/RL that it has removed another of its apps following a request from Russia's media regulator, Roskomnadzor.

www.rferl.org

 

[Sushubh]

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/apple-changes-app-store-rules-eu-comply-with-antitrust-order-2025-06-26/

 

[Navjot Singh]

Apple's App Store gets a new web interface | TechCrunch

Before this update, users could see individual pages for apps on the web, but there was no way to browse within the App Store.

techcrunch.com

 

[Navjot Singh]

Apple is bringing even more ads to the App Store

Apple just announced it will be integrating more ads into the App Store. This will primarily impact search results.

www.engadget.com

 

[Sushubh]

Now Available: Monthly Subscriptions with a 12-Month Commitment - Latest News - Apple Developer

Today, we’re introducing a new way that people can pay for your auto-renewable subscriptions on the App Store: monthly subscriptions with a 12-month commitment. This new payment option allows you to offer subscribers more affordable options. People can cancel their subscription at any time...

developer.apple.com