#app store guidelines

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Apple crackdown on ChatGPT apps unlikely, but new App Store rules likely forthcoming

ChatGPT AI-powered features are already being distributed through Apple’s App Store, in the likes of Snapchat and the Microsoft Bing app, currently. However, the App Store Guidelines, a document that outlines what Apple permits on the App Store, are likely to be amended with chatbot language. Blix recently clashed with Apple over an AI-powered update to its BlueMail email app, but that does not…

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Tumblr bans at least 446 words, including 'Eugene Levy,' to satisfy Apple

Tumblr bans at least 446 words, including ‘Eugene Levy,’ to satisfy Apple

Tumblr has banned at least 446 words, including the name “Eugene Levy,” to satisfy Apple’s App Store guidelines. Nicolás Rivero for Yahoo Finance: Tumblr now limits users’ ability to search for posts tagged “bald,” “single dad,” “beard,” and “selfie,” among hundreds of other keywords, for fear of running afoul of Apple’s safety standards. In a Dec. 21 update, Tumblr developers said they were…

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Judge Rules Apple Can't Block Apps from Offering Alternative Payment Methods in Landmark Epic Games Case

After over a year of legal wrangling, the landmark App Store case launched against Apple by Epic Games last August has come to a conclusion, with the court conceding a relatively minor point to Epic while dismissing the other claims. Most notably, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers has ruled that Apple is not a monopolist under either […] https://www.idropnews.com/news/judge-hands-down-permanent-injunction-against-apple-in-epic-games-case/167422/

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Apple Will Finally Allow Netflix and Spotify Sign-Up Page Links in Their Apps

Apple is making a rare turnabout on one of its most controversial App Store policies that will now allow developers of apps like Netflix and Spotify to actually provide links to sign up for subscriptions outside the App Store. This so-called “anti-steering” rule has arguably been one of the silliest and most restrictive App Store […] https://www.idropnews.com/news/apple-will-finally-allow-netflix-and-spotify-to-link-to-a-sign-up-page-in-their-apps/167004/

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Discord blocks iOS users from joining and accessing NSFW servers due to App Store rules

Discord blocks iOS users from joining and accessing NSFW servers due to App Store rules

Discord, the gaming-focused social networking app which lets users create public or private servers to chat via text, image, voice, and video livestreaming, announced this week that “all users on the iOS platform (including those aged 18+) will be blocked from joining and accessing NSFW servers. iOS users aged 18+ will still be able to join and access NSFW communities on the desktop and web…

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Microsoft's xCloud Is Coming to iOS (But Not in the Way You Think)

We already know that Apple’s relationship with cloud gaming services is a bit weird, to say the least. They’ve been for all intents and purposes prohibited on the App Store for years, and while some developers have made attempts to get game subscription services onto the iPhone and iPad, they’ve repeatedly encountered the brick wall of […] https://www.idropnews.com/news/microsofts-xcloud-is-coming-to-ios-but-not-in-the-way-you-think/144709/

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Apple Changes Course to Allow Streaming Game Services (Sort Of)

Earlier this years, fans of Microsoft’s Project xCloud received a glimmer of hope that the new game streaming service could be coming to the iOS platform when Microsoft released a limited xCloud TestFlight beta. Sadly, however, Apple appeared to slam the door on xCloud gaining any kind of wider release with its App Store policies […] https://www.idropnews.com/news/apple-changes-course-to-allow-streaming-game-services-sort-of/142836/

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Unfortunately Microsoft's Project xCloud Gaming Service Won't Be Coming to iOS Any Time Soon

If you were hoping that Microsoft’s Project xCloud game streaming service might actually arrive on the iPhone this fall, you may need to readjust your expectations, as it looks like Apple isn’t actually willing to loosen the reins, even despite Microsoft’s valiant attempts to stay within the lines. To be clear, Apple has never really […] https://www.idropnews.com/news/unfortunately-microsofts-project-xcloud-gaming-service-wont-be-coming-to-ios-any-time-soon/140705/