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EU Parliamentarian Welcomes Tech Antitrust Push in Congress

Bloomberg

Tech’s Reckoning Is Upon Us

The New York Times

Coalition for App Fairness Statement on Approved Text of EU Digital Markets Act

Competition Comes to the App Store

RealClear Policy

Apple has spent decades building its walled garden. It may be starting to crack

MarketWatch

Dutch regulators reject Apple’s 3rd-party app payment proposal

The Siasat Daily

Tom Ridge: App store owners push security claims to stifle competition

The Philadelphia Inquirer

We need app store competition, not Apple’s 1960s-style paternalistic monopoly

TechCrunch

Apple’s latest proposal for dating-app providers deemed insufficient by Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM)

Commerce Department backs key antitrust bill targeting tech giants

The Hill

Apple protests Japan’s report seeking fair competition in OS market

Kyodo News

Coalition for App Fairness Statement on Interim Report from Headquarters for Digital Market Competition of Japan on Mobile OS Oligopoly

Coalition for App Fairness Statement on the Paris Commercial Court’s ruling on the app store case against Google

DOJ endorses antitrust legislation aimed at Big Tech

The Hill

Apple’s $55 million fine over in-app payments for Dutch dating apps could start growing faster

The Verge

Apple receives 10th fine for disregarding the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) order, totaling €50 million in financial penalties

The DMA is a BFD

Protocol

Coalition for App Fairness Statement on Digital Markets Act Trilogue Agreement

CAF Members Reaffirm Commitment to Fair Mobile App Marketplace

Minnesota legislators consider restrictions on Apple, Google app stores

Star Tribune

Apple’s Hold on App Store Set to Face Significant Challenge From New European Law

The Wall Street Journal

S. Korean regulator unveils guideline on world‘s 1st in-app payment law

The Korea Herald

Op-Ed: Legislation needed to address lack of app store competition

The Center Square

After S.Korea, India too needs law to ensure fairer app economy: ADIF

SME Times

Apple’s plan to battle global App Store regulation: Ignore it, mostly

Protocol

An update from Coalition for App Fairness executive director Meghan DiMuzio

Mergers, Scams and ‘Harmful’ Apps: The ACCC Has Put Big Tech on Notice

Gizmodo

What Should We Do With the Big Technology Companies?

The Wall Street Journal

Legislation for in-app purchases is extremely critical for growing the start-up ecosystem in India: Lessons to be learned from South Korea, US, and EU

Coalition for App Fairness: ACCC App Store Rules Would Spur Innovation

“We must break the duopoly of Apple and Google on the app stores” Meghan DiMuzio, Coalition App for Fairness

La Tribune

Blackburn applauds advancement of Open App Markets Act to full Senate

The Ripon Advance

Coalition for App Fairness Statement on Apple’s Blatant Disregard for Dutch Authority

What They Are Saying: Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Bipartisan Open App Markets Act

Bill cracking down on Google and Apple app stores advances in Senate

Washington Examiner

Apple and Google could be forced to give up full control of their app stores

Axios

Senate panel advances bill targeting Apple, Google app store power

The Hill

Coalition for App Fairness Statement on Open App Markets Act Senate Judiciary Markup

Apple avoided the Washington techlash for years. Now it’s at the center of the bull’s eye.

The Washington Post

App Developers Support Open App Markets Act

i-programmer

CAF report highlights developers’ plight from anti-competitive practices

Developer

Nearly 90% of Developers Would Support Open App Markets Act According to New Survey

20 Tech CEOs Urge Senate Judiciary Committee to Pass Open App Markets Act

Coalition for App Fairness Statement on Apple’s 5 million Euro Fine in the Netherlands

Open App Markets Act to be Considered by Senate Judiciary Committee

Coalition for App Fairness Statement on Apple’s Response to Dutch ACM Order

Coalition for App Fairness Statement on Dutch Competition Announcement

European Parliament Plenary Vote on the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA) Receives Widespread Cross-Party Support

Coalition for App Fairness Statement on CMA’s Mobile App Ecosystem Interim Report

The giant slayers: How Spotify, Tile and Match brought an antitrust fight to Apple

Protocol

Google to allow alternative payment system from next month in S Korea

Business Standard

Antitrust Tech Bills Gain Bipartisan Momentum in Senate

The Wall Street Journal

Guest column: Iowa’s next playing field is tech entrepreneurship

The Des Moines Register

Coalition for App Fairness Statement on Digital Markets Act (DMA) Vote by European Parliament

ADIF joins CAF for competitive digital marketplace in India

India Times

Alliance of Digital India Foundation and Coalition for App Fairness Announce Partnership to Advocate for a Competitive Digital Marketplace

S.Korea lawmaker says Apple, Google not doing enough to comply with app store law

Reuters

(Yonhap Interview) S. Korea’s new law on in-app payment is ‘monumental’: CAF chief

Yonhap News Agency

Global Conference on Mobile App Ecosystem Fairness Nov. 15/16

Coalition for App Fairness Statement on Klobuchar, Grassley Anti-Preferencing Proposal

Microsoft opens its Windows store up to third-party app stores

The Verge

Spécial “France Digitale Day” : la French Tech en pleine euphorie

Monde numérique - Jérôme Colombain

A Crack Opens in the App Store Economy

Bloomberg

Google, Apple Hit by First Law Threatening Dominance Over App-Store Payments

Wall Street Journal

Judge Orders Apple to Let App Developers Direct Users to Other Payment Systems

Variety

South Korea Makes History with World’s First National Law Opening App Store Payments to Competition

Apple Settles With App Developers Without Major Concessions (3)

Bloomberg Law

What Apple’s App Store changes mean for developers

CNBC

Apple Agrees To App Store Policy Changes In Settlement With Small Developers As Antitrust Threat Looms

Forbes

Coalition for App Fairness Statement on Apple’s Sham Settlement Offer

How the Apple lobbying machine took on Georgia, and won

Politico

Bipartisan Senate bill targets Google and Apple app stores

Axios

Senate Bill Would Ban Apple, Google App Stores From Forcing Developers to Use Their In-App Payment Systems

Variety

Senators target Apple’s App Store exclusivity in new bill

The Verge

Apple’s hot antitrust autumn: Storm clouds are forming from multiple directions

MarketWatch

Japan, Europe and US app developers tie up to check IT giants

Nikkei Asia

Coalition for App Fairness Commends Reps. Johnson, Buck, & Cicilline for Introduction of Open App Markets Act

Coalition for App Fairness Applauds Introduction of the Bipartisan Open App Markets Act

Inside the War on Apple and Google App Stores

Variety

Family Zone, OurPact Join the Coalition for App Fairness

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek on the future of podcasts

Axios

Exclusive: ProtonMail wades into U.S. antitrust war

Axios

56% of Americans Support more Regulation of Major Tech Companies

Pew Research Center

Google is in the Hottest Antitrust seat, but Apple and the Rest of Big Tech Shouldn’t Breathe Easy

MarketWatch

Spotify’s Top Lawyer Has Spent Years Making Apple the Bad Guy

Bloomberg

DIGITAL SME and Coalition for App Fairness partner to support an open and competitive app marketplace

Coalition for App Fairness Statement on Approval of IAP Legislation in Korea SIBC Committee

Coalition for App Fairness Statement on State Attorneys General Lawsuit Against Google

In Apple’s War On Developers, Users Are the Biggest Losers

Wired

iTrapped: All the things Apple won’t let you do with your iPhone

The Washington Post

The Apple Tax is Rotten

The New York Times

Apple to Celebrate Developers while Under Fire for How It Treats Them

MarketWatch

The Monopolist Worm in Apple

The Wall Street Journal

Apple’s Walled Garden is Becoming Harder to Escape

Slate

Coalition for App Fairness Applauds Advancement of The American Choice and Innovation Online Act

What They are Saying: Industry Leaders, Consumer Advocates Praise Cicilline’s Efforts to Build A Stronger Online Economy

Congressman David Cicilline

Coalition for App Fairness Statement on The American Innovation and Choice Online Act

FlickType & Corellium Join the Coalition for App Fairness

Apple’s AirTags Yet Another Example of Anti-Competitive and Monopolistic Tactics

Coalition for App Fairness Releases Statement In Support of European Commission’s Statement of Objections

It’s Time to Break up Apple’s App Store Monopoly

Business Insider

Senate Antitrust Hearing on App Stores Gives Apple Critics a Big Soapbox

Tech Crunch

Apple, Google Come Under Fire at Senate Antitrust Hearing

The Wall Street Journal

Congress Should Open the App Store to Competition

Morning Consult

How Stronger Antitrust Rules for Big Tech Could Help Consumers

Consumer Reports

States Are Right to Rebel Against Big Tech

New York Times

Apple Can’t Possibly Be ‘Surprised’ That Developers Are Unhappy

Gizmodo

Poll Finds Strong Majority of Arizona Voters Want Immediate Action to Protect Businesses and Individuals from Big Tech

FlowPlay Joins the Coalition for App Fairness to Drive Change Across App Publishing Ecosystems

Meghan DiMuzio Announced as New Executive Director of the Coalition for App Fairness

France Digitale Joins The Coalition For App Fairness To Combat Apple’s Monopolistic Behavior

Major US news publishers join the Coalition for App Fairness advocacy group to fight the ‘Apple tax’

TechCrunch

Digital Content Next Joins Coalition for App Fairness As Momentum For App Store Reform Grows

The ‘app store’ before there was an App Store wants to liberate your iPhone … again

Washington Post

Apple’s Big App Store Price Cut Isn’t Nearly Enough

Bloomberg

The Coalition for App Fairness Calls on European Regulators to Investigate and Change App Store Policies

Self-preferencing by gatekeeper platforms: Implications for digital regulation

VoxEU

Why Nordic publishing giant Schibsted joined the coalition lobbying for Apple App Store ‘fairness’

Digiday

No longer afraid of retaliation, app developers join forces to criticize Apple

Washington Post

Schibsted is the newest member of The Coalition for App Fairness (CAF) – joining forces to promote fair competition among digital platforms

Coalition’s Voice Grows Louder, More Than Doubling in Size Since Launch

Statement in Support of Microsoft’s App Store Principles

Microsoft takes aim at Apple with app store principles

Washington Post

Statement on House Judiciary Committee Report

Free the Apps!

NY Times

Group of Apple adversaries aims to curb alleged bullying

Washington Post

Leading App Developers Form The Coalition for App Fairness to Promote Competition and Protect Innovation on Digital Platforms

Apple’s ‘dark side’ led these brothers to launch the AppRising

MarketWatch

News Publishers Join Fight Against Apple Over App Store Terms

Wall Street Journal

WordPress founder claims Apple cut off updates to his completely free app because it wants 30 percent

The Verge

Apple Pulls Fortnite From App Store, and the Game’s Creator Sues

Bloomberg

Facebook says Apple refused to waive 30% fee on new feature

CNBC

TestFlight forever: Developers are building a better world outside the App Store

Protocol

Facebook Says Apple In-App Fees Hurt Businesses During COVID

Bloomberg

Microsoft Says Antitrust Bodies Need to Review Apple App Store

Bloomberg

A new email startup says Apple’s shaking it down for a cut of its subscriptions

Protocol

Lawmakers From Both Sides Take Aim at Big Tech Executives

The New York Times

Apple refuses to allow major gaming apps from Microsoft, Google, and Facebook onto the App Store, and the fight just went public

Business Insider

EU opens Apple antitrust investigations into App Store and Apple Pay practices

The Verge

Their Businesses Went Virtual. Then Apple Wanted a Cut.

The New York Times

Amid antitrust scrutiny, Apple makes quiet power moves over developers

The Washington Post

How App Makers Break Their Apps to Avoid Paying Apple

The Wall Street Journal

Fortnite maker Tim Sweeney blasts Apple’s revenue cut and competitive practices as ‘absolutely abhorrent’

Protocol

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