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eicker.news #technews »#Apple today informed #developers that it is #implementing a new #subscription that will allow #customers to be #chargedautomatically when an #app's #subscriptionprice goes up, which is not the way it works today.« https://www.macrumors.com/2022/05/16/apple-subscription-automatic-increase-charges/

eicker.news #technews »#Apple’s Corporate #Workers Help the Mounting #Union Effort: A #solidaritymovement called #AppleTogether has provided tools and support as the company’s #retailemployees organize.« https://www.wired.com/story/apple-together-solidarity-union-organizing/

eicker.news #technews »#Apple, #Google, #Microsoft Back '#FIDO' Tech to Dump #Passwords on #Websites and #Apps: could #identify who you are with a #fingerprintreader, #facescanner or even your #phone.« https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/apple-google-microsoft-back-fido-tech-to-dump-passwords-on-websites-and-apps/

eicker.news #technews »#Facebook plans to #reducehiring as #revenuegrowth slows: sees #challenges ahead because of #Apple’s #privacy changes, the #war in #Ukraine and broad #macroeconomicshifts.« https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/04/facebook-plans-to-reduce-hiring-as-revenue-growth-slows-.html

eicker.news #technews »#Apple #AppStore appears to be widely #removing #outdatedapps: Wiping apps that haven’t been #updated in a ‘significant amount of time’.« https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/23/23038870/apple-app-store-widely-remove-outdated-apps-developers

eicker.news #technews »Will #Apple build its own #blockchain? Apple … loves #money; more specifically, #servicesrevenue from the #AppStore.« https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/09/will-apple-build-its-own-blockchain/

eicker.news #technews »Why #Apple Should Launch an #iPhoneSubscription Program: #Tech has an #ewasteproblem. This could help.«