#appstores — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #appstores, aggregated by home.social.
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ABC4: Utah-led coalition finalizes $700 million settlement with Google; consumers to receive settlement funds. “A Utah-led coalition involving attorneys general for all U.S. states announced today that they have reached the final steps in a $700 million settlement with Google, with the majority of funds going to impacted consumers.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/01/abc4-utah-led-coalition-finalizes-700-million-settlement-with-google-consumers-to-receive-settlement-funds/ -
Engadget: Apple and Google are reportedly pointing users to ‘nudify’ apps. “Earlier this year it was revealed that Apple and Google were offering ‘nudify’ apps on their stores despite having clear policies barring such content. Nearly three months later, such apps are not only still available, but being actively promoted on the iOS App Store and Google Play, according to a new report from the […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/22/engadget-apple-and-google-are-reportedly-pointing-users-to-nudify-apps/ -
https://winbuzzer.com/2026/04/17/apple-google-steered-users-to-nudify-apps-report-xcxwbn/
Report: Apple and Google Steered Users to Nudify Apps
#AI #AppStores #Apple #Google #NudifyApps #AppleAppStore #GooglePlay #BigTech #AIImageGeneration #AIgeneratedContent #Deepfakes #AIEthics #OnlineSafety
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Ars Technica: Apple can delist apps “with or without cause,” judge says in loss for Musi app . “Musi, a free music-streaming app that had tens of millions of iPhone downloads and garnered plenty of controversy over its method of acquiring music, has lost an attempt to get back on Apple’s App Store. A federal judge dismissed Musi’s lawsuit against Apple with prejudice and sanctioned […]
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Ars Technica: Apple can delist apps “with or without cause,” judge says in loss for Musi app . “Musi, a free music-streaming app that had tens of millions of iPhone downloads and garnered plenty of controversy over its method of acquiring music, has lost an attempt to get back on Apple’s App Store. A federal judge dismissed Musi’s lawsuit against Apple with prejudice and sanctioned […]
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Ars Technica: Apple can delist apps “with or without cause,” judge says in loss for Musi app . “Musi, a free music-streaming app that had tens of millions of iPhone downloads and garnered plenty of controversy over its method of acquiring music, has lost an attempt to get back on Apple’s App Store. A federal judge dismissed Musi’s lawsuit against Apple with prejudice and sanctioned […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/21/apple-can-delist-apps-with-or-without-cause-judge-says-in-loss-for-musi-app-ars-technica/ -
Ars Technica: Apple can delist apps “with or without cause,” judge says in loss for Musi app . “Musi, a free music-streaming app that had tens of millions of iPhone downloads and garnered plenty of controversy over its method of acquiring music, has lost an attempt to get back on Apple’s App Store. A federal judge dismissed Musi’s lawsuit against Apple with prejudice and sanctioned […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/21/apple-can-delist-apps-with-or-without-cause-judge-says-in-loss-for-musi-app-ars-technica/ -
Ars Technica: Apple can delist apps “with or without cause,” judge says in loss for Musi app . “Musi, a free music-streaming app that had tens of millions of iPhone downloads and garnered plenty of controversy over its method of acquiring music, has lost an attempt to get back on Apple’s App Store. A federal judge dismissed Musi’s lawsuit against Apple with prejudice and sanctioned […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/21/apple-can-delist-apps-with-or-without-cause-judge-says-in-loss-for-musi-app-ars-technica/ -
Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!
The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live
Special Guest: @[email protected] from @[email protected]
Building emulators and app stores for iPhone with shanegill.io
So don't miss it!
It will happen on 19 March 2026 at 15:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )
If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:
#PeerTube ( #VOD ): tubefree.org/@firesidefedi #firesidefedi #fediverse #fedi #interview #freesoftware #opensource #userfreedom #freedom #resistance #altStore #iOS #iPhone #appStores #phone #smartPhone
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Google Muzzles Epic’s Tim Sweeney Until 2032 in Play Store Antitrust Deal
#Google #EpicGames #Android #BigTech #TimSweeney #Antitrust #AppStores #GooglePlayStore #Gaming #GamingIndustry #Fortnite
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Lilbits: Epic Loves Google now, ZTE launches a 7.5 inch phone, and Chuwi’s shady laptop processor changeup
More than five years after launching an epic legal battle to challenge Google’s Play Store policies, Epic Games has reached a settlement with Google that will result in Google reducing fees and making it easier for developers to offer third-party app stores and third-party billing services for Android devices.
Shortly after I saw a Google blog post describing the changes, I also noticed that […]
#appStores #chuwi #chuwiCorebookX #epicGames #google #googlePlay #lilbits #nubiaNeo5Max #playStore #thirdPartyAppStore #thirdPartyBilling Read more: https://liliputing.com/lilbits-epic-loves-google-now-zte-launches-a-7-5-inch-phone-and-chuwis-shady-laptop-processor-changeup/ -
🎉 Wow, congrats to OpenAI's #Sora for achieving the mind-boggling status of 71st and 108th place in the app stores—truly the pinnacle of mediocrity! 📉 The app that once soared like an eagle now plummets with all the grace of a headless chicken! 🐔💥
https://spencerdailey.com/2026/01/14/openais-sora-sits-at-71-in-the-us-app-store-and-100-on-play-store-what-just-happened/ #OpenAI #appstores #mediocrity #technews #achievement #HackerNews #ngated -
Ars Technica: Apps like Grok are explicitly banned under Google’s rules—why is it still in the Play Store? . “It really could not be more clear from Google’s publicly available policies that Grok should have been banned yesterday. And yet, it remains in the Play Store. Not only that—it enjoys a T for Teen rating, one notch below the M-rated X app. Apple also still offers the Grok app on […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/13/ars-technica-apps-like-grok-are-explicitly-banned-under-googles-rules-why-is-it-still-in-the-play-store/ -
The Verge: Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards. “Since X’s users started using Grok to undress women and children using deepfake images, I have been waiting for what I assumed would be inevitable: X getting booted from Apple’s and Google’s app stores. The fact that it hasn’t happened yet tells me something serious about Silicon Valley’s leadership: Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are […]
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I hadn't seen screenshots of the web install flow from Apple's new EU DMA mandated install procedure before, just came across a thread by Yuri on X that has a lot of interesting information about the current situation and the app submission process that you need to go thru to get an app listed on @altstore
https://xcancel.com/vashchylau/status/1952851593239642204
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Reuters: Apple loses UK lawsuit over app store commissions. “Apple on Thursday lost a London lawsuit accusing the U.S. tech company of abusing its dominant position by charging app developers an unfair 30% commission through its app store.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/24/reuters-apple-loses-uk-lawsuit-over-app-store-commissions/
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Reuters: Apple loses UK lawsuit over app store commissions. “Apple on Thursday lost a London lawsuit accusing the U.S. tech company of abusing its dominant position by charging app developers an unfair 30% commission through its app store.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/24/reuters-apple-loses-uk-lawsuit-over-app-store-commissions/
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Reuters: Apple loses UK lawsuit over app store commissions. “Apple on Thursday lost a London lawsuit accusing the U.S. tech company of abusing its dominant position by charging app developers an unfair 30% commission through its app store.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/24/reuters-apple-loses-uk-lawsuit-over-app-store-commissions/
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#ShadowIT in under #Fortune100 is just ☣️🚩🚨 #StateSponsoredMalware™ 🚨🚩☣️ ✓ these days from #GammaGroup's #FinFisher #FinSpy #Finsky & installed in a #ForcedMDM env by #Apple & #Google #AppStores, just fyi... 📰🗞️👀 #RTDNA #news
#infosec #Malware #SSM™ ✓ #GammaGroup #spyware #CALEA #malware #CALEAmalware #fascism #COINTELPRO #COPSprogram #FusionCenters #BayArea #California
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@AimeeMaroux The issue is that #federatedNetworks appear "hard" and are inscrutable to people used to clicking OK on a #EULA without reading it. People who don't understand that they are saying "please take my #privacy and my #rights." People who think that #appStores are great rather than voracious organizations with predatory commission structures.
Average users don't want to think why things are #free and easy. They will also be the ones to complain when a for profit corporation changes their rules in a way that affects them, the user who believes the internet is somehow "free".
The #fediverse is fantastic because no one organization can take it down, and you can change servers if you don't like your current server's new rules. But explaining that to #normies will get you a blank gaze of I comprehension.
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App revenue tops $39 billion in first half of 2019, up 15% from first half of last year - App store spending is continuing to grow, although not as quickly as in years past. According to a n... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/IDafxm1eRRg/ #mobileapplications #onlinemarketplaces #streamingservices #androidapps #apprevenues #iosappstore #mobilegames #sensortower #smartphones #googleplay #mobileapps #appstores #app-store #appleapps #instagram #analyst #iosapps #netflix