Facebook and Microsoft have unrest with the look of their gaming apps in the Apple Store, which can go hand in hand with an EU investigation into Apple’s business practices and antitrust concerns, Reuters reported.
The challenge with Facebook is that your gaming app can only be taken as a streaming service through Apple’s website, without allowing users to play. According to Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, the company had to remove the game feature to get Apple’s approval.
And Microsoft’s xCloud mapping also had issues, and PYMNTS reported that Apple wouldn’t even offer the app at all.
Microsoft said Apple’s service was “the only general purpose platform that denies consumers cloud games and subscriptions to games like Xbox Game Pass,” adding that Apple’s service gives the impression of systematically imposing stricter regulations against gaming apps rather than anything else.
Lately there are 4 investigations in the European Union opposed to Apple, 3 of which fear the App Store and restrictive practices, the press service reported. Apple rejected criticism and said it provided equivalent opportunities and regulations to any company.
Meanwhile, Russian festival regulator FAS said it was also involved with Apple, claiming that the tech giant had abused its position as one of the leading corporations in the cellular app market.
FAS research came after cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab reported that Apple had rejected the latest edition of its Safe Kids app, that parents should establish controls for children’s use of social media and cell phones.
Then, Apple reportedly released a new edition of its own parenting app, which had features that, according to Kaspersky Lab, were similar to its own application, according to Reuters.
Apple said it shot down Kaspersky’s application on privacy and security issues.
Apple has been criticized in the past for antitrust concerns, adding that its pricing practices were anti-competitive. But the company subsidized an examination of its own practices that found that its commission costs were comparable to those of application outlets on other major platforms.
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New PYMNTS report: Manual of strategies to prevent financial crime – July 2020
Call it the great tug-of-war. Fraudsters are teaming up to form elaborate rings that work in sync to launch account takeovers. Chris Tremont, EVP at Radius Bank, tells PYMNTS that financial institutions (FIs) can beat such highly organized fraudsters at their own game. In the July 2020 Preventing Financial Crimes Playbook, Tremont lays out how.
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