Tech Freedom
New Zealand wants to force Big Tech to hand over cash to mainstream media
Cementing dominance.
Apple forces Coinbase Wallet to drop iPhone NFT transfers or pay Apple a commission
Apple’s restrictions once again stifling innovation.
Ron DeSantis: Apple nuking Twitter from the App Store would “merit a response from the United States Congress”
“That would be a huge, huge mistake, and it would be a really raw exercise of monopolistic power.”
Tensions grow between Apple’s censorship practices and Elon Musk’s Twitter
Elon Musk has made censorship threat claims about Apple.
Telegram ends paid posts on iOS after Apple demands a cut
Apple’s monopoly continues to hinder progress.
Apple further restricts developers to boost its own profits
New rules that extend the ways developers have to give Apple a cut.
Truth Social shoots to top of Google Play Store
After launching on Android.
Democrats block resolution calling for Biden admin to turn over docs related to Big Tech pressure
Republicans favored the resolution.
PayPal to expand its speech restriction rules in November
An updated policy that pulls financial services from those that don’t adhere to its arbitrary speech limitations.
US House passes minor Big Tech antitrust bill
The smallest of the two bills was all that could be agreed upon.
Apple removes Russian app VK and others from App Store after UK sanctions
Popular Russian social networks and communications apps are starting to be removed.