App Store

No App Store needed: Apple caves, will allow sideloading in EU

Think this'll help you escape the fees? Nope – Apple still wants a cut for letting devs install things on user devices

Applications12 Mar 2024 | 14

Apple's had it with Epic's app store shenanigans, terminates dev account

Updated No end in sight for 'horror show' even with EU's DMA

Applications07 Mar 2024 | 72

Apple owes Brit iOS app devs millions from excessively high commission, lawsuit claims

Lawyers look to scale the walled garden

Applications25 Jul 2023 | 21

Amazon to shutter its Chinese Appstore – the one used by hardly anyone, anywhere

Middle Kingdom users told to acquaint themselves with the Windows Subsystem for Android

Software25 May 2023 | 7

Hey Apple, what good is a status page if you only update it after the outage?

It's not just Cupertino, most status pages aren't what they claim to be

Off-Prem15 May 2023 | 21

Apple preps for 'third-party iOS app stores' in Europe

Despite dire predictions about sideloading, iGiant said to be ready to comply with EU law

Software14 Dec 2022 | 118

Get ready for $10,000 apps in Apple's software souk

With Tim taking his third, natch

Software07 Dec 2022 | 16

Musk says spat with Apple over App Store ejection threat for Twitter was 'misunderstanding'

Lovely visit to meet Tim Cook at Apple Park HQ forces big change in tone from world's richest man

Offbeat01 Dec 2022 | 80

Apple sued by French media over App Store power

Gros fromages take on big Pomme

Applications02 Aug 2022 | 19

Web devs rally to challenge Apple App Store browser rules

Open Web Advocacy takes aim at Apple's walled garden

Applications28 Feb 2022 | 27

US Senate to vote on stopping Big Tech extracting 'monopolist rent' from app developers

Billions in profits at stake for Apple and Google's money-making machines

Applications03 Feb 2022 | 16

Apple again extends waiver for in-app purchasing requirement for online experiences

We'll know the pandemic is over when Apple starts insisting on its cut of fees for events again

Software24 Jan 2022 | 1

China: Bars app that often hosted dissenting conversations

Also China: This one guy sent feedback to the government online, it was adopted, that shows we’re a democracy

Legal10 Dec 2021 | 14

Apple wins Epic court ruling: Devs will pay up for now as legal case churns on

Previous injunction that ordered company to allow non-Apple payments systems is suspended

Software09 Dec 2021 | 54

Amazon Appstore melts over Android 12 'Snow Cone'

Running the latest version of Android? Appstore apps no longer work

Software02 Dec 2021 | 16

Apple files fresh appeal to stop court order demanding external payment systems in iOS apps

iGiant warned developers it could still charge fees for third-party financial transactions anyway

Software02 Dec 2021 | 27

Epic battle latest: Judge reminds Apple it has 30 days to let apps link out to non-Apple payment systems

Cupertino tells The Reg it will fight on

Applications11 Nov 2021 | 16

Apple settles antitrust case with developers, but it's far from an Epic resolution to App Store monopoly concerns

Allows direct contact between devs and users, promises transparency and better search – but only in the USA

Software27 Aug 2021 | 18

Tim Cook: Sideloading is a disaster and proposed App Store reforms would harm user privacy and security

Apple CEO stays on message during interview while Epic case rumbles along

Security17 Jun 2021 | 58

Parler returns to Apple's iOS App Store with Hive mind to moderate hate

All the vitriol still accessible from Android app, website

Applications17 May 2021 | 20

Proposed collective action aims to take Apple to task over its 30% App Store cut on behalf of 20 million Brits

Spent money in the walled garden since October 2015?

Legal11 May 2021 | 8

Spotlight on Apple, Google app stores: What happened to Tile, Spotify, Match – and that proposed law in Arizona

Special report Guidelines, privacy, security all a smokescreen for monopoly abuse, lawmakers told

Applications25 Apr 2021 | 44

Happy news: Apple again extends fee waiver for online real time experiences

Sad news: Cupertino seems to think you won’t be comfortable going out until at least the end of the year

Software23 Apr 2021 | 5

Far-right internet haven Parler to be allowed back onto Apple's App Store with added content moderation

Social network for web outcasts can be downloaded again from next week for iThings, we're told

Personal Tech20 Apr 2021 | 27

Apple accused of unfairly banishing Watch keyboard app for the visually impaired from its software souk

FlickType claims it's being squeezed to force an acquisition

Personal Tech19 Mar 2021 | 23

UK monopoly watchdog launches probe after iOS app makers slam Apple software store's draconian T&Cs

The walls are closing in on the iGiant

Applications05 Mar 2021 | 33

Apple faces app store payments fight in Arizona, Throttlegate suit in Portugal

Beachheads open up on both sides of the Atlantic

Personal Tech02 Mar 2021 | 5

As Uncle Sam continues to clamp down on Big Tech, Apple pelted with more and more complaints from third-party App Store devs

Special Report El Reg lends our ear to companies and developers struggling to survive in Apple's cruel, cruel App Store world

Software31 Dec 2020 | 96

Apple gives real-world events longer pandemic-prompted App Store fee reprieve

Nice tweak, but nothing epic enough to erode monopoly money

Software24 Nov 2020 | 6

Apple to halve commission for developers turning over up to $1m in sales via App Store

Updated Cupertino's cut will shrink to 15% for small coding shacks from 1 January

Software18 Nov 2020 | 39

Apple, Epic trade barbs in App Store brouhaha while judge pins July for jury time

But will Fortnite be allowed back into the walled garden in the meantime?

Software29 Sep 2020 | 16

Epic, Spotify, ProtonMail and pals rise up as one against Apple's 30% cut, call for end to Cupertino-style markets

This revolution will be televised... on the internet

Software24 Sep 2020 | 27

Apple to Epic: Sue me? No, sue you, pal!

App Store spat heats up with Cupertino counterclaim

Personal Tech09 Sep 2020 | 113

Apple commits to support human rights - 'We believe in the critical importance of an open society'*

*Offer void where banned by local law

Personal Tech04 Sep 2020 | 44

Under fire for 30% cut, Apple really isn't giving anything away with introduction of subscription offer codes

Digital services tax? You'll be paying that on top of VAT, developers told

Software03 Sep 2020 | 9

Apple hits back at Epic, says Fortnite crew wants a 'free ride' on fees: Let the app store death match commence

What's a monopoly? asks iGiant

Software22 Aug 2020 | 99

Apple and Google, take note: Newly enacted EU law aims to protect developers from arbitrary decisions of tech giants

'At least 30 days' notice of a suspension required – but there are plenty of get-outs

Legal15 Jul 2020 | 16

Apple bans COVID-19 games and restricts virus-related apps to authoritative souces

No virus-fragging fun unless you’re actually fragging viruses – and no universal developer fee waiver either

Software16 Mar 2020 | 24

iBye, bad guy: Apple yanks 18 iOS store apps that sheltered advert-mashing malware

Dev may not have known code was being used for scam traffic

Security24 Oct 2019 | 5

Apple won't be appy: US Supremes give green light to massive lawsuit over App Store prices

Legal action over 30% cut iGiant takes from software sales allowed to continue

Software13 May 2019 | 50

Apple heading for Supreme Court showdown over iOS App Store 'monopoly' gripe

Cupertino getting little love from the Supremes so far

Legal27 Nov 2018 | 49

A decade on, Apple and Google's 30% app store cut looks pretty cheesy

Analysis Fortnite spat sheds light on the duopoly

Software29 Aug 2018 | 95

Apple shocked, SHOCKED I tell you, to find gambling in its Chinese App Store

Thousands of apps yanked for violating terms and conditions

Software20 Aug 2018 | 23

Apple to devs: Give us notch support or … you don't wanna know

App updates must use iOS 11 SDK and support iPhone X from July 2018 onwards

Software08 May 2018 | 18

Apple sings another iTune following Brexit as prices rise by up to a third

It had to happen sooner or sooner.... price parity with the US dollar

Software17 Jan 2017 | 60

Aaarrgh, zombie! Dead Apple iOS monopoly lawsuit is reanimated

Appeals court breathes life into App Store legal challenge

Software13 Jan 2017 | 36

French programmers haul Apple into court over developer rules

Your unfair contract cripples browsers, Nexedi complains

Software07 Oct 2016 | 46

Sea of outrage after 'migrant-spotting app' turned out to be bogus

Update Developer admits vessel-watching iSea wasn't using live sat images

Software20 Jun 2016 | 20

Kids racking up huge in-app bills on Kindles, Android is all your fault, Amazon – US court

And you're gonna pay

On-Prem27 Apr 2016 | 16

No, Kim Kardashian's plump posterior's pixels did not break the App Store – just this El Reg man's mind

More eggnog, please

Bootnotes23 Dec 2015 | 63

Tear teardown down, roars Apple: iFixit app yanked from store

Peek into Sir Jony's precious boxes, pay the price

Software01 Oct 2015 | 57

Ad-blocking super-weapon axed by maker for being TOO effective

'Just doesn't feel good', developer says as he kills top paid iOS app download

Legal18 Sep 2015 | 73

Smartmobe app claimed it will improve your eyesight. Now its maker is coughing up $150k

Watchdog fines biz after ridiculous claims

Legal17 Sep 2015 | 10

Google to China: Please Play with us, we promise to respect your strict censorship diet – report

Choc Factory preps app store for delicate Beijing stomachs

Legal05 Sep 2015 | 13

TITSUP: Apple Music, App Stores, iCloud, iTunes, Radio, iBooks

Updated Total Inability To Sell Usual Pish

SaaS21 Jul 2015 | 24

Apple pulls Civil War games in Confederate flag takedown

App Store nixes banner amidst controversy over symbolism

Software25 Jun 2015 | 110