They are also apparently requiring a €1,000,000 letter of credit for alternative app stores devs.

https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/25/apple-says-third-party-app-marketplace-creators-must-have-e1000000-letter-of-credit/

The update will also open up NFC access to alternative payment apps.

Apple does make it very clear that they’re being forced to do so by law, though, so don’t expect these changes to come out of the EU anytime soon.

I use GoToSocial, which is a mastodon-like fediverse software that’s perfect for single-user instances. You can set your profile as the landing page at the root URL, and it also supports customisable CSS for your page too.

You can check out a sample profile (GtS’ official account) here.

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I’ve been keeping track of this tracker and since July 1, peak comments/post per minute have definitely gone down. Although as the site mentions, you really shouldn’t draw any firm conclusions from that. Just interesting to see.