Good morning. It’s Tuesday, June 30. The UK just moved to crack open Apple and Google’s app store payment systems, giving developers the right to steer users toward alternative billing options for the first time. For millions of developers and consumers, this could mark the beginning of the end for unavoidable 30% fees.
Today we are covering:
UK competition regulator orders Apple and Google to allow alternative app store payment options for developers
Meta contractors posed as teens to secretly test rival AI chatbots on high-risk topics including drugs and self-harm
Supreme Court rules 6-3 that geofence warrants require probable cause, protecting cellphone location privacy
