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Apple has proposed that it receive commissions on purchases made outside the App Store in the United States, ranging from 5 percent to 15 percent depending on the type of app. The structure includes a 15 percent rate for standard apps, a 10 percent rate for partner programs and renewals, and a 5 percent rate for Small Business apps, prompting a dispute over the appropriate share of external sales.
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The EU General Court dismissed Apple’s challenge to its designation as a gatekeeper for the App Store and iOS. The court upheld the European Union’s Digital Markets Act rules that classify Apple as a gatekeeper. Apple had filed the case in 2024.
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The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Apple’s appeal of a contempt ruling stemming from its long-running dispute with Epic Games over App Store fees. A district judge previously found that Apple violated a court order requiring changes to the App Store, prompting the contempt finding that Apple is now challenging before the high court.
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Apple has opened iOS to third-party app marketplaces in Brazil, allowing rival stores to operate alongside its own App Store. The move includes changes to the App Store’s commission structure and follows an antitrust settlement with Brazil’s competition watchdog, CADE. This expansion of competition aims to broaden options for Brazilian users.
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Apple is adding subscription bundles to the App Store, allowing independent developers to combine multiple subscriptions into a single offering. The overhaul includes options for groups, businesses and schools, retention-focused messaging to curb churn, and bundled in-app-purchase reviews, bringing a streaming-style model to the platform.
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Apple warned that the AI chatbot Grok could be removed from the App Store because it is capable of producing sexualized deep-fake images. The company communicated this concern in a letter to U.S. senators, indicating that the potential for generating nude deepfakes was the basis for the threatened removal.
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Meta has reentered the artificial-intelligence race with a new model called Muse Spark, which adds reasoning capabilities to the Meta AI app and powers its “shopping mode” feature. The model is being released as closed-source software, though Meta says a version will later be offered under an open-source license, and the app rose to No. 5 on the App Store after the launch.
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