Apple on Monday issued new review guidelines for its lucrative App Store platform after it moved to block plans by Steam, the biggest distributor of PC-based video games, to extend its reach into iPhones and iPads. Apple uses the guidelines to decide which apps can appear in the App Store. Apple now explicitly says apps cannot host anything that looks like an app store within an app or give users the ability to “browse, select, or purchase software not already owned or licensed by the user.” But the new rules say that so-called remote mirroring apps, which beam the screen of a desktop computer to an iPhone, can allow purchases outside Apple’s control as long as the transactions are processed on the desktop device and not the iPhone. The move is significant because it shows Apple protecting its practice of taking between 15 percent and 30 percent of the purchase price of software bought in the App Store. The company quietly posted new guidelines on Monday as its annual developer conference was happening in San Jose. Steam, the dominant online store for downloaded games played on Windows PCs, had planned to release a free mobile phone app called Steam… Read full this story
- Apple in US Supreme Court for App Store antitrust case
- How Apple Is Attracting Indian Artists, Developers to Grow Its Presence
- The Best iPhone and iPad Games
- Apple names Fortnite and Drake among most popular downloads of 2018
- Apple Arcade Gives Game Developers Room to Breathe in a Free-to-Play World
- Apple's Mettle in India Tested in Squabble Over Anti-Spam App
- Apple's Earnings Cheer Dampened by Chinese State Media Scolding
- Apple’s Merged iPad, Mac Apps Leave Developers Uneasy, Users Paying Twice
- Apple accused of ‘caving to political pressure’ over Hong Kong map app removal
- Facebook Releases fb.gg Android App, Currently Restricted to the Philippines: Report
Apple issues fresh App Store regulations targeted at streaming PC-based games have 299 words, post on www.deccanchronicle.com at June 4, 2018. This is cached page on GameMax. If you want remove this page, please contact us.