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- Apple deletes WhatsApp, Threads from China app store on orders from Beijing https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/19/tech/china-apple-whatspp-threads-removal-hnk-intl/index.html 128 comments
- Apple pulls WhatsApp, Threads from China app store after Beijing order https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-removes-whatsapp-threads-china-app-store-wsj-reports-2024-04-19/ 2 comments
- Apple Ordered to Pull WhatsApp/Threads from China App Store https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/18/technology/apple-whatsapp-china-app-store.html 24 comments
- Apple Music automatically installs itself to the dock, booting out other apps https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/05/iphone-users-complain-apple-music-is-installing-itself-to-the-dock-booting-out-their-other-apps/ 9 comments
- Apple to bin apps that go three years without updates https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/02/apple_store_old_app_policy/ 21 comments
- Myths Apple Is Using to Justify Their 30% Tax on Apps https://telegra.ph/7-Myths-Apple-Is-Using-to-Justify-Their-30-Tax-on-Apps-07-28 2 comments
- Software pirates use Apple tech to put hacked apps on iPhones https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-piracy/software-pirates-use-apple-tech-to-put-hacked-apps-on-iphones-idUSKCN1Q3097 18 comments
- Apple relaxes 3.2.2 rule, allowing Lisp and other languages in apps http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/06/11/apple_relaxes_ios_sdk_to_allow_lua_but_block_flash.html 32 comments
- Apple made ProtonMail add in-app purchases, even though it had been free for years - Remember Hey and WordPress? ProtonMail was forced into IAP too. https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/8/21506995/apple-forced-in-app-purchase-protonmail-ceo-wordpress-iap 13 comments technology
- Apple takes down Quran and Bible apps in China at the request of Chinese officials https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-takes-down-quran-bible-jehovahs-witenss-apps-in-china-2021-10 87 comments worldnews
- Apple bans Parler from the App Store over lack of moderation https://9to5mac.com/2021/01/09/apple-parler-app-store-removed/ 7 comments technology
- Apple suspends Parler from App Store https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/09/apple-suspend-parler-from-app-store/ 5 comments technology
- Apple has threatened to ban Parler from the App Store unless they overhaul moderation policies. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/apple-threatens-ban-parler 37 comments politics
- iOS apps will run on Apple Silicon Macs, but major developers have already opted out of the Mac App Store https://9to5mac.com/2020/11/09/ios-apps-will-run-on-apple-silicon-macs-but-major-developers-have-already-opted-out-of-the-mac-app-store/ 319 comments apple
- Apple developers speak out on App Store policies https://www.axios.com/apple-developers-app-store-policies-8d593cf9-a2cc-476d-9a69-fbb4ceb0c630.html 89 comments apple
- Apple pulls podcast apps in China after government pressure https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/11/21287436/pocket-casts-castro-china-apple-government-pressure 3 comments technews
- China's Xi JingPing Thought app is spyware, report says. Why is it still in the Apple Store? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinese-app-on-xis-ideology-allows-data-access-to-100-million-users-phones-report-says/2019/10/11/2d53bbae-eb4d-11e9-bafb-da248f8d5734_story.html 148 comments apple
- Apple removed 517 apps from the App Store at China’s request in H2 2018. That’s over 4 times the requests from all other countries combined. https://www.apple.com/legal/transparency/app-removal-requests-legal-violation.html 119 comments apple
- Russian man sues Apple because iPhone app made him gay https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russian-man-sues-apple-iphone-gay-moscow-lgbt-a9142651.html 4 comments apple
- How Apple Stacked the App Store With Its Own Products https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/09/09/technology/apple-app-store-competition.html 146 comments technews
- Apple TV App now available on Samsung Smart TVs as a part of Apple and Samsung's new partnership https://www.engadget.com/2019/05/13/apple-tv-app-samsung-smart-tvs/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=ahr0chm6ly93d3cuz29vz2xllmnvbs8&guce_referrer_sig=aqaaabhxtdply2osepevf3omblpcql5yf_ioszsxavdv8f8xvkst1rhxc6xupv_csa7h_lpn-ohsdpveginpvbq2v3s9qvr-it9oedy7p2bz7-q3xbwy4wlswpg3wcke0sn6-acleg52aqo2fpmtewapbwq-ditdboyfcovegfu8sl_u 120 comments apple
- IPhone owners can sue Apple for monopolizing App Store, Supreme Court rules https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/13/tech/apple-app-store-supreme-court/index.html 8 comments privacy
- Saudi goverment app called Absher allows men to control women's movement. And Google and Apple allow this on their app store. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-47253865 26 comments politics
- InfoWars app still in Google, Apple stores after companies move against other content https://money.cnn.com/2018/08/06/technology/infowars-apps-apple-google/index.html 22 comments politics
- ELI5: Why are Apple Watch apps dying off? https://www.reddit.com/r/applewatch/comments/944dto/eli5_why_are_apple_watch_apps_dying_off/ 17 comments apple
- I've on my parents Apple ID since I was a kid, now that I'm grown and on my own, can I get my own ID without losing all my apps? https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/7ogbsy/ive_on_my_parents_apple_id_since_i_was_a_kid_now/ 9 comments apple
- When it comes to Apps, do you prefer Apple’s software or third party apps? https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/7oft0q/when_it_comes_to_apps_do_you_prefer_apples/ 31 comments apple
- Apple increases App Store prices by 25% following Brexit vote https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/17/apple-ios-mac-app-store-prices-rise-25-per-cent-following-brexit 9 comments technology
- Apple Releases tvOS 10.1 With New TV App http://www.macrumors.com/2016/12/12/apple-releases-tvos-10-1-with-new-tv-app/ 54 comments apple
- What ever happened to the Apple Support App? https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/5hs2yk/what_ever_happened_to_the_apple_support_app/ 3 comments apple
- Apple’s App Store purge removed almost 50k iOS apps in October, a 238% increase https://9to5mac.com/2016/11/15/app-store-purge-ios-app-removals/ 58 comments apple
- Apple Hires Lead Dev of Snowden’s Favorite Messaging App http://www.wired.com/2016/02/apple-hires-lead-dev-snowdens-favorite-messaging-app/ 17 comments privacy
- The World's first swim tracking app on the Apple Watch http://info.activeintime.com/news/2015/6/29/the-worlds-first-swim-app-on-the-apple-watch 12 comments apple
- ‘Remote S’ app for Apple Watch takes control of Tesla Model S http://9to5mac.com/2015/05/01/apple-watch-apple-tesla/ 9 comments apple
- 5 Important Design Principles for Apple Watch Apps http://thinkapps.com/blog/design/apple-watch-apps-important-design-principles/ 8 comments apple
- An interview with the CEO of CurrentC, the merchant-backed app taking on Apple Pay http://www.theverge.com/2014/11/5/7163147/mcx-currentc-ceo-interview-apple-pay 6 comments apple
- Small startup builds a successful app on the app store only to have an offshore company steal their identity and customers - and apple wont do anything about it. http://www.flipagr.am/press/ 10 comments technology
- After a firestorm of complaint, including here at Reddit, Apple has agreed to require apps that use address book data to seek the user's permission first. That's the right move, Apple. http://allthingsd.com/20120215/apple-app-access-to-contact-data-will-require-explicit-user-permission/ 28 comments technology
- Apple approves tethering app iTether. Available now for $14.99. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/itether/id477971193 75 comments apple
- Someone at Apple really isn't checking - QuickPWN news posted as a web app [w/pic] http://www.hopelessgeek.com/2009/05/06/someone-at-apple-really-isnt-checking 6 comments apple