Apple apologizes to WordPress, won’t force the free app to add purchases
As an app developer myself, with apps on both the Google Play Store and the App Store with over 250K monthly active users, I have become so frustrated with Apple&#x27;s arbitrary and capricious enforcement of its App Store regulations, its bullying and coercion of developers, its extortionate fees, and its monopolistic anti-competitive practices, that I have stopped updating my apps on the App Store. I wonder how many other developers are in a similar position. As a consumer, I now know that if I want the latest, up to date apps, I&#x27;m better off turning to the Play Store or one of the many other app stores that can be used on Android devices.<p>I&#x27;ve also given up on the MacBook line, tired of the touch bar, the slate-like keyboards, and (now) the transition to ARM. My next laptop will be a Thinkpad or Dell. Most of my development these days is done under Windows using WSL2, and my primary focus is on Android.<p>It used to be that my apps made more money on Apple devices, but now I actually make more on Android. The Google Play review process is a breeze compared to Apple&#x27;s laborious and stifling rules (although it is not perfect either by any means), and at some point, it&#x27;s just not worth the hassle.<p>It&#x27;s sad, I was an enthusiastic endorser of Apple products just 7 years ago, but can no longer recommend them. This is the first year I won&#x27;t be buying a new iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch, too - I&#x27;m looking to switch to the Pixel or Samsung Galaxy line and Wear OS.<p>I&#x27;d like to see regulation that forces Apple and Google to allow any and all app stores on their devices, and the process of installing apps through those stores must be, by law, equally easy and straightforward as through their own stores (i.e., no security warnings or other jank). The law should make illegal restricting developers to any specific payment processor(s), too.