Apple is having to defend its App Store practices once again

[Andy Meek]

• Ahead of WWDC 2020 next week, the Apple App Store is taking fire from a number of opponents at the moment who are critical of long-standing practices the iPhone maker subjects app developers to.
• The European Commission in recent days said it's also opened an antitrust investigation into Apple.
• Apple has reiterated that its App Store is a massive economic engine promoting business activity around the world, and that developers are treated fairly.

The long-standing cold war between Apple and Facebook -- two tech giants whose CEOs obliquely bash each other's business models from time to time, without always naming the other specifically -- seems to be heating back up.

At issue is the new gaming app from Facebook that the social networking giant announced back in April, which seemed to be the perfect time for it thanks to all the coronavirus-related quarantines. The app's three main functions include the following: Playing casual games, like Thug Life and Words With Friends; watching other people stream gameplay; and generally networking with fellow gamers. Apple, however, said no to allowing Facebook to distribute the app through Apple's App Store. Moreover, Apple turned down Facebook's app not once -- but at least five times over the last few months.

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