Given the announcement of the North American FTC’s initiative to block Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard, one of the regulator’s main arguments has been denied by the very source that is supposed to be the best weapon. against Microsoft. According to EU response Given what happened yesterday, they denied that Microsoft promised European regulators that ...
The US Federal Trade Commission has signalled its intention to block Microsoft’s potential acquisition of Activision-Blizzard. In a post on their website the FTC said that the reason that they plan to block the deal is because they believe it would allow Microsoft to suppress competitors to its Xbox consoles and its rapidly growing subscription ...
Elon keeps adding controversy in his statements and actions around his plans for the future of Twitter. This future depends on increasing the monetization of the social network, and of course: the App Store (and Google Play) would retain some of this monetization via the commission which has already put other companies on the warpath. ...
As we discussed a few days ago, a member of the European Commission made statements on Twitter that caused quite a bit of controversy in the media. These statements, given the context, seemed biased and a clear indication that the CMA has a preference when it comes to judging the deal between Activision Blizzard and ...
Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard continues to cause uproar among antitrust authorities. Now the EU Commission is entering the second stage of the investigation. The takeover of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft for just under 70 billion US dollars is far from dry, because the international antitrust authorities have not yet been able to get their ...
In 2020, Google strengthened its payment policy to specify that all digital purchases must use Google Play billingand therefore charge developers a commission for each digital purchase or subscription made, but Google has given a deadline for apps to adapt to Google Play’s new policy, a deadline that ends on June 1. Starting June 1, ...
Over the past year, Epic Games, developer of Fortnite, has exposed Apple for charging 30% commission. Epic accused Apple of being a monopoly and abusing its dominant position, which the Cupertino-based company was able to easily refute exulting in the court resolution as Epic announced it would appeal after losing the lawsuit. And everything, as ...
Share After harshly criticizing Apple, Mark Zuckerberg’s company will charge developers a 50% commission. Apple has been heavily criticized by many companies for the commission it charges developers for in-app purchases. One of these companies was Facebook, now called Meta, but in its “metatarsus”, Mark Zuckerberg’s company charges 50% commission to developers upload content to ...
There is still a week left for Apple enables external links for payments in the App Store. December 9 is the date chosen by judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, a day that Apple wanted to delay as much as possible even if its request was refused. Now, time is running out and the company must authorize ...
The relationship between Elon Musk and Apple is somewhat special. Apparently it is possible that in the past there would have been contacts between them. However, there never were any conversations, or at least that’s what they officially indicate. Neither party recognizes that they existed. Elon musk However, other sources suggest that is not exactly ...
