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...The 50 cents fee will apply immediately to downloads of alternative app stores....
...Meta said: “Subscriptions as an alternative to advertising are a well-established business model across many industries . . . We will continue to engage constructively with the Commission.”...
...Much of the recent investments in the bitcoin ETFs appear to be from investors who were “trapped inside GBTC” and have exited the priciest bitcoin ETF in favour of a less costly alternative, said Dave Nadig...
...The law has already led Apple to propose a series of changes to its iOS software, such as allowing users to download apps from other sources and access alternative payment systems....
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...The company will also allow users downloading apps from alternative sources to avoid being tracked....
...It said that the prohibition on alternative billing methods allowed Apple to impose artificially high fees on transactions, and that Apple’s decision not to distribute rival stores on its devices similarly...
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...In a recent note, Covenant Review’s Ian Feng highlights problems with the way the blockers work today, and proposes an alternative....
...BlackRock has struck a deal to buy Global Infrastructure Partners for more than $12.5bn in cash and stock, a move that will substantially boost its footprint in alternative assets....
...Email us your chocolate alternatives: robert.armstrong@ft.com and ethan.wu@ft.com....
...The company rejected the idea that there were any technical bugs on the Uber Eats app leading to couriers being underpaid, but did not offer an alternative explanation....
...It could also benefit other social media platforms if users turn to alternative apps seeking similar experiences....
...Much new investor money is flowing into low-cost passive funds or alternative investments, which carry higher fees but also require firms to build new expertise....
...Some of those costs are immediate and obvious, and they directly affect Apple’s own customers: Apple inflates the price for buying and using iPhones while preventing the development of features like alternative...
...Delaying the inevitable can be the right thing to do — particularly if the alternative is losing a key employee at the wrong point in the cycle — but without truly extraordinary inputs of maturity and common...
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