Telegram CEO says it will disable paid posts in its iOS app after being told Apple was not happy with creators monetizing “without paying a 30% tax to Apple” (Sami Fathi/MacRumors)

Sami Fathi / MacRumors:
Telegram CEO says it will disable paid posts in its iOS app after being told Apple was not happy with creators monetizing “without paying a 30% tax to Apple”  —  Telegram’s CEO has accused Apple of destroying dreams and ruining entrepreneurship with its App Store rules …

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A look at the reaction to Apple’s E2EE announcements: the FBI says it is “deeply concerning” and “hinders” its work while the EFF and others express support (Sami Fathi/MacRumors)

Sami Fathi / MacRumors:
A look at the reaction to Apple’s E2EE announcements: the FBI says it is “deeply concerning” and “hinders” its work while the EFF and others express support  —  Apple yesterday announced that end-to-end encryption is coming to even more sensitive types of iCloud data …

An Apple support document and compliance page reference an “iPhone 14 Max”, suggesting Apple chose the iPhone 14 Plus name at short notice (Sami Fathi/MacRumors)

Sami Fathi / MacRumors:
An Apple support document and compliance page reference an “iPhone 14 Max”, suggesting Apple chose the iPhone 14 Plus name at short notice  —  Newly discovered references to the iPhone 14 Plus as “iPhone 14 Max” on Apple’s website suggest this was the name originally intended …

As Spotify and YouTube’s rivalry heats up, some worry the podcasting industry’s pivot to video could risk ruining what makes the audio format so satisfying (Laurie Clarke/The Guardian)

Laurie Clarke / The Guardian:
As Spotify and YouTube’s rivalry heats up, some worry the podcasting industry’s pivot to video could risk ruining what makes the audio format so satisfying  —  Video podcasts are booming, giving creators access to new audiences.  But does this risk ruining what made the audio format so satisfying?

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov says Telegram Premium passed 1M subscribers since its June 2022 launch; the monthly subscription costs $5 in the US and £5 in the UK (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov says Telegram Premium passed 1M subscribers since its June 2022 launch; the monthly subscription costs $5 in the US and £5 in the UK  —  Telegram Premium has amassed over 1 million subscribers, less than six months after the popular instant messaging app launched …

Apple will expand ads to the App Store’s main Today tab and “You Might Also Like” section of individual app listings, starting October 25 globally except China (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)

Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
Apple will expand ads to the App Store’s main Today tab and “You Might Also Like” section of individual app listings, starting October 25 globally except China  —  In an email to developers this week, Apple announced that app-related ads will begin appearing in the App Store’s main Today tab …

Apple’s new App Store guidelines say that social networking apps that let users buy “boosts” for social media posts must use IAPs for these transactions (Juli Clover/MacRumors)

Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Apple’s new App Store guidelines say that social networking apps that let users buy “boosts” for social media posts must use IAPs for these transactions  —  With the release of iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16.1, Apple is updating the App Store review guidelines that are provided to developers who create apps for iPhones and iPads.