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Facebook out to loosen Apple's grip on App Store: report

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/afp/01/29/facebook-apple-logo.jpg"/></figure></div><p>SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Facebook is readying a lawsuit aimed at loosening Apple&#x27;s grip on the App Store that serves as an exclusive gateway onto iPhones, a tech news outlet reported on Thursday.</p><p>The leading social network is preparing an anti-trust civil suit accusing Apple of abusing its control of the App Store by requiring outside developers to abide by rules not applied to its own software, The Information reported.</p><p>&quot;As we have said repeatedly, we believe Apple is behaving anti-competitively by using their control of the App Store to benefit their bottom line at the expense of app developers and small businesses,&quot; Facebook told AFP, declining to confirm or deny the report.</p><p>Apple did not reply to a request for comment.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/12/15/20/apple-adding-privacy-fact-labels-to-app-store-items">Apple adding privacy fact labels to App Store items</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/01/29/21/apples-tim-cook-criticizes-social-media-practices-intensifying-facebook-conflict">Apple&#x27;s Tim Cook criticizes social media practices, intensifying Facebook conflict</a></li></ul><p>The dispute between the tech giants centers on changes in the latest version of Apple&#x27;s iOS operating software, which include a tracking transparency feature that Facebook claims will cripple its ability to serve up targeted ads.</p><p>Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said during a conference call with investors on Wednesday that Apple was becoming one of his company&#x27;s biggest competitors.</p><p>&quot;Apple has every incentive to use their dominant platform position to interfere with how our apps and other apps work, which they regularly do to preference their own,&quot; Zuckerberg said.</p><p>&quot;Apple may say that they&#x27;re doing this to help people but the moves clearly track their competitive interests.&quot;</p><p>Facebook is not alone among those complaining about how Apple rules the App Store, where it collects 30 percent of sales or subscription fees third-party offerings.</p><p>Some developers say Apple takes too big a bite of the revenue and maintains rigid policies that may hamstring services competing with those of the iPhone maker. Fortnite-maker Epic Games has taken Apple to court over the practice.</p><p>Apple has argued its App Store delivers billions to independent developers, and that its practices are reasonable compared with other digital marketplaces.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ld6zGg6UJu8?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Facebook is readying a lawsuit aimed at loosening Apple's grip on the App Store that serves as an exclusive gateway onto iPhones, a tech news outlet reported on Thursday.</p>

Facebook is readying a lawsuit aimed at loosening Apple's grip on the App Store that serves as an exclusive gateway onto iPhones, a tech news outlet reported on Thursday.