Coalition for App Fairness

Bringing together industry leaders & developers in the fight to end Apple’s monopoly and level the playing field. #AppFairness #OpenTheAppStores

[Coalition for App Fairness @appfairness]

@EU_Commission If the Commission accepts Apple's workaround, it signals that enforcement can be waited out.
The Commission's credibility as the DMA's enforcer is at stake...Learn more: https://t.co/xDTXneVGQM…
#DigitalMarketsAct #AppFairness

[Coalition for App Fairness @appfairness]

The @EU_Commission's annual #DigitalMarketsAct report is out. On developers’ ability to direct customers to alternative offers, the gap between ambition and reality is widening.

[Coalition for App Fairness @appfairness]

@EU_Commission Developers in Europe now operate in a less open market than their US counterparts - a direct inversion of what the DMA promised.

[Coalition for App Fairness @appfairness]

UK developers and consumers are still waiting for the benefits to be felt. We've signed an open letter urging the Government and @CMAgovUK to act without further delay.

[Coalition for App Fairness @appfairness]

More than a year after the #DMCCA came into force, remedies for app stores, mobile browsers, and search engines remain unimplemented. The UK built one of the world's most sophisticated digital competition tools - capable of targeted, pragmatic intervention.

[Coalition for App Fairness @appfairness]

Apple's vibe coding crackdown puts America last. They're stifling innovation & competition, blocking AI app dev that empowers users. It's time for Congress to act and pass the #OpenAppMarketsAct to break Apple's gatekeeper monopoly. Read more from @geneburrus in DC Journal.

[InsideSources @InsideSourcesDC]

Apple’s Vibe Coding Crackdown Puts America Last "American iPhone users could reap the benefits of the vibe coding revolution if Apple lets them. But for now, the iOS platform isn’t fit for that purpose."

https://t.co/0okoneIHP9

[Coalition for App Fairness @appfairness]

The European Parliament has voted YES on the IMCO resolution demanding urgent DMA enforcement. Two years in, the promise of a fair digital market remains unmet. The message to @EU_Commission is clear: crack down on gatekeeper circumvention now.

#DigitalMarketsAct #DMA #AppFairness #EPlenary

[Coalition for App Fairness @appfairness]

The DMA promised a fair digital market — a goal the @EU_Commission rightly champions. But its first review overlooks a critical reality: gatekeepers like Apple continue to charge illegal steering fees, undermining the DMA's core purpose. The status quo cannot persist. The @EU_Commission must now move to decisive enforcement. Read our DMA health briefing: https://t.co/nLcyxiM7cP

[Coalition for App Fairness @appfairness]

One year after the European Commission ordered Apple to change, here's what app developers got:

→ A Store Services Fee
→ A Core Technology Commission
→ An Initial Acquisition Fee

Combined charges of up to 20%. That's not compliance — it's a repackaged status quo.

Read our briefing for the full story: https://t.co/xuXAETYuQu

#DMA #AppFairness

[Coalition for App Fairness @appfairness]

One candle. One year since the Commission's ruling on Apple.

Zero compliance.

Europe's digital competitiveness is paying the price. Not a birthday worth celebrating.

Read our briefing for the full story: https://t.co/4vFUQtPf2Q

#DMA #AppFairness

[Coalition for App Fairness @appfairness]

One year ago, the EU fined Apple €500M and ordered it to comply with the #DMA.

Apple's response? Delay. Defiance. Circumvention.

Unhappy birthday.

See our briefing here: https://t.co/4vFUQtPMSo

#AppFairness

[Coalition for App Fairness @appfairness]

The app store duopoly gives Apple and Google final say over nearly every #app Americans use — and what they pay for it.

The Open App Markets Act would change that.

Read more from @SayreEvan here:

[Bull Moose Institute @MooseInstitute]

Two companies decide what apps you can install, what payment systems you must use, and how much they skim off every transaction. Try that on a laptop and we'd call it what it is: a monopoly. Read @sayreevan's latest below.

[Coalition for App Fairness @appfairness]

More voices join the chorus in opposition of Apple's bad App Store behavior. Check out this story outlining how App Store scams are escalating and Apple isn't doing enough, undermining their 'curation and safety' claims. #AppStore #Apple

[AppleInsider @appleinsider]

App Store scams are getting worse and Apple isn't doing enough https://t.co/E0stBA2I3H #Apple

[Coalition for App Fairness @appfairness]

Apple & Google claim they must control app stores for user safety. But their own stores promote harmful nudify apps (>$122M+ revenue!), proving a lack of competition means they fail to protect.

Their excessive fees even create a disincentive to police. We need open, safe app stores!

[Cecilia D'Anastasio @cecianasta]

New: Apple and Google have directed users to dozens of nudifying apps, per new report. The apps, found by searching "undress" or "nudify," have earned $122 million and were downloaded 483 million times. w/ @byJuliaLove https://t.co/lkSBBm4gIx

[Coalition for App Fairness @appfairness]

@ProtonPrivacy CEO @andyyen says the US and EU need to "put #antitrust back on the agenda in the face of bad behavior" by Apple and other tech titans.

[Semafor @semafor]

.@ProtonPrivacy CEO @andyyen tells @Semafor’s @ReedAlbergotti China will win the AI race:

“The mistake made in the U.S. is we failed to regulate the tech companies.”

[Coalition for App Fairness @appfairness]

The Government isn't the only one collecting #taxes today! If you're an Apple consumer you could be paying as much as 30% in App(le) Taxes!

[Coalition for App Fairness @appfairness]

Apple can't stop running to the Supreme Court to protect its app store monopoly. How many bites at the apple does one company get? CAF's @geneburrus has thoughts⬇️

[Gene Burrus @geneburrus]

https://t.co/dJFibD7OTW

Apple asking the Supreme Court (again) to bail it out and preserve its God-given right to unfairly exploit market power.

[Coalition for App Fairness @appfairness]

Couldn't agree more with @lutherlowe from @ycombinator. The App Store is "basically like the worst DMV in the world" for developers. These bottlenecks stifle innovation and choice.

It's time to open the gates! #OpenAppStores

[TBPN @tbpn]

Y Combinator's @lutherlowe says the App Store is "basically like the worst DMV in the world":

"25 years ago, you saw the rise of WYSIWYG browser-based HTML editors. And that kind of democratized the process so anybody could create a website."

"Now we have tools that allow anybody to create a web service or an app."

"The difference, though, between now and 20 years ago is that today we basically have these two bottlenecks in the form of Apple and Google, that sit between the creation and the potential users of those services."

"The Apple App Store is basically like the worst DMV in the world. If you just look around for it, you're going to encounter lots of folks that are trying to develop apps and services that are not being accepted or getting kicked out."

"And then it's not only that app layer, it's sort of the layer up of the tools like Replit and Anywhere that are facing the inability to update their apps."