Mini Apps, MLS, and Monarch! MOSK: 11.14.2025

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🗓️ 14 November 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

- Apple Cuts Commission on Mini App Purchases to 15% - Report: Apple and Tencent Ink Mini App Commission Deal - Evercore Likes the Reported Apple/Tencent Tie-Up - New App Store Rules Apparently Seek to Stop Knockoff Apps - Public Testers Get Second macOS 26.2 - Apple Issues Firmware Updates for AirPods - Apple Updates Apple Store App with Liquid Glass Elements and Icon - Apple TV Subscription to Include MLS Starting Next Season - UK Tribunal Denies Apple Permission to Appeal Ruling It Can Appeal Anyway - Musk Suit Against Apple/OpenAI Continues - Report: Tesla Eyes CarPlay Amid Softening Sales - Apple TV's "Monarch" Returns in Late February - "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" Streams Free This Weekend - Sponsored by CleanMyMac: Use code MACOSKEN20 for 20% off at clnmy.com/MACOSKEN - A look at Background Security Improvements and not shopping through Meta services on Checklist No. 449 - Find it today at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @[email protected] - Send Ken an email: [email protected] - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

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0:00.0	This is MacOS Ken.
0:08.8	Smaller commissions for mini apps.
0:11.4	Soccer follows the F1 track and a couple of weird court cases.
0:17.1	It is Friday the 14th of November 2025.
0:20.5	I'm Ken Ray and this is news from MacOS Ken.
0:25.7	Brought to you by yours truly and sponsored by Clean My Mac.
0:30.5	Try seven days free and use code macOS Ken 20 for 20% off at CLN-n-m-y-com slash macOS can this show is also supported by people like you
0:45.4	patrons through patreon find out more and than your support at patreon.com slash macOS can.
0:57.9	Apple has cut commissions for mini apps in half.
1:02.1	Sort of like Russian nesting dolls.
1:04.7	Apps can have other smaller apps inside.
1:08.2	To this point, those have apparently carried the usual in-app purchase commission
1:11.9	of 30%. Now, a piece from TechCrunch says that has been cut to 15. Why the largesse? It looks to be
1:21.8	tied to bearing the hatchet, widening the net, and making more dollars, or UN.
1:29.7	According to a piece from Bloomberg, Apple and Chinese developers slash powerhouse
1:34.7	10-cent have agreed to a deal that will see Apple taking a 15% cut of mini-games and apps
1:41.6	sold through the super app WeChat.
1:45.8	That's not officially official.
1:47.9	Neither Apple nor Tencent offered comment for the Bloomberg report.
1:52.6	Still, the news came on the same day that Apple announced its new mini-app rules.
1:58.3	Two plus two probably equals something.
2:03.0	Bloomberg says the reported deal resolves an issue that's been brewing between Apple and 10 cent for over a year.
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