Development Fee

Altstore PAL has been launched in Europe as an alternative app store for iOS. The first third party app store will be available with a small annual fee, while developers can choose to offer their apps via Patreon pledges. The new app store won't take commissions on donations received via Patreon, according to Testut.

Elon Musk-owned X (formerly known as Twitter) could soon start charging new users an annual fee to give them access to write posts, like, reply, or bookmark posts. The billionaire entrepreneur confirmed the development to bring this policy to the social media platform on April 15, highlighting that the move was aimed at reducing spam on the platfor...

AltStore App Marketplace will soon be available in the EU, allowing users in the region to install application outside the App Store as part of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) tha recently went into force in the region. In order to allow developers to pay Apple's Core Technology Fee, the AltStore will allow publishers to provide Patreon-backed applic...

Apple has modified some of its proposals to comply with landmark EU tech rules after criticism from app developers, including dropping a demand that those who want to create alternative app marketplaces must have a stand-by letter of credit.

A group representing Indian startups has asked the country's antitrust watchdog to order Alphabet's Google to reinstate apps it removed for policy violations, a letter seen by Reuters shows, escalating a showdown with the US giant in a key market.

Google, on Friday, March 1, said it would enforce action against a group of Indian app developers as they had not complied with the Play Store’s billing policies. The Alphabet-owned company claimed that ten Indian app developers, which include “many well-established” companies, have failed to pay the Play Store fee for availing its services, ...

The Cottesmore school charges fees up to almost 32000 pounds (Rs 32,48,121) a year for UK students.

Unity will soon charge developers a certain fee based on the number times a game is installed onto a system. The plan is called Unity Runtime Fee and it goes into effect starting January 1, 2024, upsetting indie developers around the world, who are bound to make a loss and potentially, go bankrupt because of it. For those on Unity Personal and Plus...

Apple on Tuesday found itself the target of a $1 billion (roughly Rs. 8,200 crore) class action lawsuit brought by more than 1,500 apps developers in the UK over its App Store fees.

The protest is mainly because of the new pricing imposed by Reddit on third-party app developers seeking access to the site's APIs.

Reddit will implement a new API policy on July 1 that would charge excessive fees to developers of third-party apps for the website, thereby resulting in the shutdown of popular applications such as Reddit is Fun (RIF), Sync for Reddit, Apollo, and ReddPlanet.

Google on Wednesday said its Google Play's payments policy is compliant with the anti-trust watchdog CCI's order and it is pushing ahead with plans to enforce the policy in the country. Three routes are available for app developers — using Google Play's billing system, an alternative billing system called the user choice billing system alongside ...

Tourists visiting Bhutan, who pay the 'Sustainable Development Fee' (SDF), can now buy duty-free gold in Phuentsholing and Thimphu.

An unofficial app version of ChatGPT is trending on Apple's App Store. The unofficial app, which is named “ChatGPT Chat GPT AI With GPT-3,” has no affiliation with OpenAI’s ChatGPT or GPT-3 technology developed by the company. The app is also charging users $7.99 (roughly Rs. 650) for using the service. OpenAI’s ChatGPT, meanwhile, is free ...

Original Bayonetta voice actress Hellena Taylor has taken to Twitter, to try and defend herself from accusations that paint her as a “liar and golddigger.” Following her video statement last week, where she called out Bayonetta 3 developer Platinum Games for only paying her $4,000 (about Rs. 3,31,000) to voice the character, a report from Bloom...

Altstore PAL has been launched in Europe as an alternative app store for iOS. The first third party app store will be available with a small annual fee, while developers can choose to offer their apps via Patreon pledges. The new app store won't take commissions on donations received via Patreon, according to Testut.

Elon Musk-owned X (formerly known as Twitter) could soon start charging new users an annual fee to give them access to write posts, like, reply, or bookmark posts. The billionaire entrepreneur confirmed the development to bring this policy to the social media platform on April 15, highlighting that the move was aimed at reducing spam on the platfor...

AltStore App Marketplace will soon be available in the EU, allowing users in the region to install application outside the App Store as part of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) tha recently went into force in the region. In order to allow developers to pay Apple's Core Technology Fee, the AltStore will allow publishers to provide Patreon-backed applic...

Apple has modified some of its proposals to comply with landmark EU tech rules after criticism from app developers, including dropping a demand that those who want to create alternative app marketplaces must have a stand-by letter of credit.

A group representing Indian startups has asked the country's antitrust watchdog to order Alphabet's Google to reinstate apps it removed for policy violations, a letter seen by Reuters shows, escalating a showdown with the US giant in a key market.

Google, on Friday, March 1, said it would enforce action against a group of Indian app developers as they had not complied with the Play Store’s billing policies. The Alphabet-owned company claimed that ten Indian app developers, which include “many well-established” companies, have failed to pay the Play Store fee for availing its services, ...

The Cottesmore school charges fees up to almost 32000 pounds (Rs 32,48,121) a year for UK students.

Unity will soon charge developers a certain fee based on the number times a game is installed onto a system. The plan is called Unity Runtime Fee and it goes into effect starting January 1, 2024, upsetting indie developers around the world, who are bound to make a loss and potentially, go bankrupt because of it. For those on Unity Personal and Plus...

Apple on Tuesday found itself the target of a $1 billion (roughly Rs. 8,200 crore) class action lawsuit brought by more than 1,500 apps developers in the UK over its App Store fees.

The protest is mainly because of the new pricing imposed by Reddit on third-party app developers seeking access to the site's APIs.

Reddit will implement a new API policy on July 1 that would charge excessive fees to developers of third-party apps for the website, thereby resulting in the shutdown of popular applications such as Reddit is Fun (RIF), Sync for Reddit, Apollo, and ReddPlanet.

Google on Wednesday said its Google Play's payments policy is compliant with the anti-trust watchdog CCI's order and it is pushing ahead with plans to enforce the policy in the country. Three routes are available for app developers — using Google Play's billing system, an alternative billing system called the user choice billing system alongside ...

Tourists visiting Bhutan, who pay the 'Sustainable Development Fee' (SDF), can now buy duty-free gold in Phuentsholing and Thimphu.

An unofficial app version of ChatGPT is trending on Apple's App Store. The unofficial app, which is named “ChatGPT Chat GPT AI With GPT-3,” has no affiliation with OpenAI’s ChatGPT or GPT-3 technology developed by the company. The app is also charging users $7.99 (roughly Rs. 650) for using the service. OpenAI’s ChatGPT, meanwhile, is free ...

Original Bayonetta voice actress Hellena Taylor has taken to Twitter, to try and defend herself from accusations that paint her as a “liar and golddigger.” Following her video statement last week, where she called out Bayonetta 3 developer Platinum Games for only paying her $4,000 (about Rs. 3,31,000) to voice the character, a report from Bloom...