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The EU General Court upheld Apple's gatekeeper designation for iOS and the App Store under the DMA, rejecting claims that separate stores should be...

• Service fee applies universally at 20% for new installs and 25% for existing ones on non-recurring transactions, regardless of billing method.
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DTC Monetization Benchmarks

• 🔥 Appcharge Research: New Appcharge report finds DTC already a $17Bn market (15% of $113.3Bn mobile IAPs), with 92%...

Google is advancing its Epic-linked fee overhaul ahead of court approval, decoupling distribution from payments.

• June 30 rollout: Starts in US, UK,...

• Sanctions and access barriers create unofficial iOS markets in Iran and Russia, separate from EU-style regulated alternatives.
• These shadow...

China's 48 iOS developers filed an antitrust complaint arguing their 25% App Store rate remains unfair next to Brazil's 10-21% structure plus external...

Appcharge's new report establishes DTC as a proven, high-growth channel for mobile publishers.

• $17Bn market size: Represents 15% of the $113.3Bn...

China Antitrust Complaints

• 🔥 48 Developers File Complaint: 48 Chinese developers submitted a joint complaint to the State Administration for...

Brazil App Store Changes

• 🔥 Apple CADE Settlement Live: Apple will permit alternative iOS app stores and third-party payments in Brazil with a...

Apple's CADE deal lets alt stores and payments in Brazil but keeps steep commissions that critics say block real competition.

• Commission structure:...

Epic secured a win on its claim that Apple's ban on linking to external payment methods was anti-competitive, prompting analysis of whether the Supreme Court might issue a summary reversal and reshape app store commission structures.

Regulatory Updates

• 🔥 Italy Probes Apple Cloud: Italy’s competition authority opened an investigation into Apple’s cloud-service practices under...

App stores face mounting accountability challenges from both enforcement actions and new legislation.

• FTC lawsuit exposes how subscription scam...

Epic Games Store third-party spending jumped 40% YoY in early 2026, fueled by developer incentives like six-month full revenue retention and Fortnite...

Mobile game publishers are rapidly adopting app2web flows and traffic-driving tech to bypass app store fees while owning customer data.

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A new 2026 review positions InflowPay as the superior Merchant of Record alternative to Dodo Payments after examining features and limitations.

Regulatory scrutiny is hitting Apple on two distinct fronts, testing its control over app distribution and device ecosystems.

• Texas App Store...

Adyen's new Adyen Agentic suite, featuring Agentic Payments for authentication and merchant-of-record preservation in AI-led transactions, enables...

Regulatory Developments

• 🔥 Brazil Loot Box Ruling: A Brazilian court ordered Apple and other companies including Google, EA, and Tencent to pay...

Apple's upcoming tap to share feature and AI-enhanced wallet will let users instantly share billing details and loyalty data with merchants while AI...