The Impact of Indie Developers on Apple's App Ecosystem

This week, Federico and John explore the trends that shaped the App Store in 2024.

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The 2024 Trends that Shaped the App Store

• Government Regulation and Antitrust Enforcement
  • Apple Details How It Plans to Comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act
  • Understanding Apple’s Response to the DMA
  • AppStories, Episode 369 – Digging into the DMA
  • AltStore Is Now Available in the EU
  • The EU Pulls iPadOS Into the DMA Fray
  • Apple Changes How the Core Technology Fee Works and Confirms that Its Alternative Business Terms Will Apply to iPad Apps This Fall
  • European Commission Preliminarily Finds That Apple Has Violated the Digital Markets Act
  • Apple Announces New Changes to the Browser Choice Screen and Default Apps on iOS and iPadOS in the EU
  • The European Commission Opens Two iOS Interoperability Proceedings Against Apple
  • Understanding the DOJ’s Antitrust Complaint Against Apple
  • AppStories, Episode 377 – Why the DOJ Claims Apple Is a Monopoly
• The Vision Pro
  • Apple Releases Immersive Short Film Submerged and Announces Upcoming Immersive Content
  • visionOS 2: The MacStories Review
  • Apple Announces New Immersive Video Content for the Vision Pro
  • visionOS 2: The MacStories Overview
  • A Comprehensive Guide to Gaming on the Apple Vision Pro
  • The Apple Vision Pro Developer Strap
• Artificial Intelligence
  • Apple Intelligence in iOS 18.2: A Deep Dive into Working with Siri and ChatGPT, Together
  • Apple’s Commitment to AI Is Clear, But Its Execution Is Uneven
  • iOS and iPadOS 18: The MacStories Review
  • AI Companies Need to Be Regulated: An Open Letter to the U.S. Congress and European Parliament
  • Wired Confirms Perplexity Is Bypassing Efforts by Websites to Block Its Web Crawler
• Indie Developers: The Foundation of the Vision Pro and the Future of App Intents
  • MacStories Selects 2024: Recognizing the Best Apps of the Year

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