Returning to the Apple Store – the new normal

By news@appleinsider.com (Stephen Robles) For the first time since March 2020 all 270 Apple Stores in the US are now open in some capacity. AppleInsider has visited a few stores in the last few weeks, and the experience is radically different than what it was a year ago, or even when the stores reopened for the first time.Entrance to the Brandon, Florida Apple StoreOver the past year, my local Apple Store found in the Westfield Brandon Town Center mall has remained open save for only a few sporadic weeks. While I haven’t had much need to visit in-person over the past year, two faulty …

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Apple aggressively lobbies against Arizona bill that would allow third-party App Store payment systems

By news@appleinsider.com (AppleInsider Staff) Apple and Google are ramping up lobbying efforts against an Arizona bill that would allow developers to use third-party in-app payments methods, bypassing the tech giants’ 15% or 30% cut of digital sales.Arizona State Rep. Regina Cobb, a co-sponsor of the HB2005 amendment, told Protocol that Apple and Google began …

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