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Apple just clarified alternative payments on iOS. Spoiler: Apple still takes a commission.

On December 24th of last year, the Netherlands' competition regulator, the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM), ruled that Apple…

January 17, 2022

Will advertising exist in the Metaverse?

Defining the Metaverse is thorny. This is true at least in part because the companies most invested in it are…

December 20, 2021

NFTs, Ultima Online, and player-run game economies

It's tempting to think of games as a proving ground for technological and commercial innovation, such that any new form…

October 11, 2021

The App Store is the Games Store. Apple should recognize this.

One passage in the 185-page ruling issued last week in the Epic Games v. Apple lawsuit forces clarity on the…

September 14, 2021

Why Apple and Google won’t eliminate their 30% platform fees

It was revealed last week that Netflix has been running a test since June in selected markets in which iOS…

August 27, 2018

Legal sports betting and its impact on mobile

In the 4th episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast, I speak with Matt Restivo, the Chief Product Officer at…