Wed. 12/14 – Apple To Allow Third-Party App Stores

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🗓️ 14 December 2022

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Apple is going to allow third-party app stores, but only in Europe for now. Your Tesla is now a full-fledged gaming rig. Instagram is testing a full-fledged BeReal clone. Has Twitter stopped paying its bills? And there is now actual US legislation to ban TikTok. Sponsors: Storyblok.com/ridehome Links: Apple to Allow Outside App Stores in Overhaul Spurred by EU Laws (Bloomberg) Tesla’s latest update adds Steam games and Apple Music (The Verge) Musk Shakes Up Twitter’s Legal Team as He Looks to Cut More Costs (NYTimes) Twitter is considering forcing users to let the company sell their data and phone numbers to advertisers, in potential breach of Apple rules (Insider) Binance CEO Zhao Warns Bumpy Road Ahead in Message to His Staff (Bloomberg) Instagram Challenges BeReal and Adds Notes Short-Message Feature (WSJ) Lawmakers unveil bipartisan bill that aims to ban TikTok in the U.S. (CNBC) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Mem Right Home for Wednesday, December 14th, 2022. I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:09.0	Apple is going to allow third-party app stores, but only in Europe for now.
0:13.5	Your Tesla is now a full-fledged gaming rig.
0:16.5	Instagram is testing a full-fledged B-real clone.
0:19.6	Has Twitter stopped paying its bills?
0:22.0	And there is now actual US legislation to ban
0:24.7	Tik-Toc. Here's what you missed today in the world of tech.
0:29.2	Crack! Crack.
0:35.0	Sources have told Mark Germin that Apple plans to allow third-party App stores on iOS 17 and iPad OS 17 in the EU due to EU requirements coming in
0:47.8	2024.
0:49.2	Quote, Apple is preparing to allow alternative app stores on its iPhones and iPads, part of a sweeping
0:55.3	overhaul aimed at complying with strict European Union requirements coming in 2024.
1:00.8	Software engineering and services employees are engaged in a major push to open up key elements of Apple's platforms according to people familiar with the efforts as part of the changes customers could ultimately download third-party software to their iPhones and iPads without using the
1:14.8	company's App Store, sidestepping Apple's restrictions, and the up to 30% commission it imposes
1:20.6	on payments.
1:21.8	The moves, a reversal of long-held policies are a response to EU laws
1:25.9	aimed at leveling the playing field for third-party developers and improving the digital lives of consumers.
1:31.6	For years, regulators and software makers have complained that
1:34.3	Apple and Google which run the two biggest mobile app stores wield too much power
1:37.7	as gatekeepers. If similar laws are passed in additional countries Apple's
1:41.8	project could lay the groundwork for other regions according to the people
1:45.2	who ask not to be identified because the work is private.
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