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This Australian iPhone can use the EU's third-party app stores and more, but it's a messy workaround you probably shouldn't try
By Oliver Haslam published
Someone found a way to get the EU's DMA features like third-party app stores and more, but the workaround probably isn't worth the hassle.
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iPhone owners shouldn’t be disheartened by the disappointing early days of the DMA — the best is yet to come
By Callum Booth published
Opinion The European Union’s Digital Markets Act promised a whole new world for Apple fans, but little has materialized so far. But they shouldn't be worried, with great potential still untapped.
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iPhone owners are ditching Safari for third-party alternatives following EU changes
By Oliver Haslam published
Apple has started offering iPhone owners in the EU the chance to download alternative web browsers — and they're doing it in droves.
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Apple unveils significant change to the way EU iPhone users can pay for Spotify — but it still wants that 27% cut
By Oliver Haslam published
Apple has updated its App Store rules to allow Spotify and other music streamers to provide links to their own website for new payment options.
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Apple's responds to concerns its EU Core Technology Fee could bankrupt developers
By Oliver Haslam published
Apple has suggested it will tweak the Core Technology Fee in the EU to help prevent developers from being ruined by viral free apps.
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Apple confirms iPhone owners can travel outside the EU for 30 days before they lose access to third-party app stores
By Oliver Haslam published
Apple says that iPhone owners will lose access to third-party app stores and app updates if they leave the EU for more than 30 days.
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Meta details plans to open WhatsApp and Messenger to third-party platforms in the EU while maintaining privacy
By Oliver Haslam published
Meta has shared how it will enable interoperability for WhatsApp and Messenger without impacting privacy or removing encryption.
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Apple tweaked its EU App Store alternative business terms to help stop developers from bankrupting themselves
By Oliver Haslam published
Apple has offered developers a get-out clause in case they need to ditch the alternative business terms offered in the EU.
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Apple fined $2 billion over Spotify's EU antitrust complaint
By John-Anthony Disotto published
Apple hit with a $2 billion fine for breaking the EU's antitrust rules.
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Spotify, Epic and more brand Apple's changes 'a mockery of the DMA' on the eve of seismic iOS deadline
By Lloyd Coombes published
Ahead of the DMA deadline on March 6, some big companies are queuing up to argue Apple hasn't done enough.
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Apple backtracks iOS 17.4 web app changes in EU just weeks after citing "security and privacy concerns"
By Lloyd Coombes published
iPhone users will be able to use web apps as they have been.
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Apple continues to argue third-party app stores make iPhones less safe even as it readies EU iPhones to allow them
By Oliver Haslam published
Apple has once again warned that by enforcing it to allow third-party app stores on the iPhone the EU has made it less safe for users.
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Apple's iMessage avoids EU regulation after a prolonged investigation and won't be forced to work with WhatsApp and others
By Oliver Haslam published
Apple's won its latest battle with the EU's DMA and iMessage will not be designated a gatekeeper after all.
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Sideloaded iPhone apps will still be reviewed by Apple and the company will 'collect fees from developers' who offer apps outside of its App Store, report claims
By Oliver Haslam published
Apple will have to allow EU citizens to sideload iPhone apps soon, but developers could be in for a shock when it does.
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