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Apple has settled a lawsuit brought by a Greek-born developer who accused the tech giant of discriminating against him

Developer and app store critic Kosta Eleftheriou has settled his lawsuit with Apple, according to a report from TechCrunch. The suit, filed in March 2021, argued that Apple made it difficult for him to sell his app, flicktype, on the app store, after it seemed lost interest in acquiring the tech.

Lawsuit accuses Apple of using its monopoly power as maker of the iPhone and as the company in charge of the app store to’crush’ developers. Eleftheriou also accused Apple of doing little to stem the tide of copycat scam apps that tricked potential users of his app.

The lawsuit was dismissed at the request of Eleftheriou’s company, kpaw. Apple did n’t immediately respond to the verge’s request for comment about the settlement.

Eleftheriou said he was n’t able to comment on the settlement or his feelings about it. He was able to offer some suggestions about what Apple could do to improve the app store going forward.

Apple has made movement on two items since Eleftheriou filed his lawsuit. It brought back the report button, which could help people who find scammy apps. Now, Apple will let subscriptions automatically renew even if there was a small price bump.

Eleftheriou said Apple could be more publicly transparent about why apps were removed. He said that when you visit an app store URL for an app that’s no longer on the store, it should tell you why it was removed.

Eleftheriou does n’t think Apple would release its own statistics. He says public pages that say why apps were taken down could be mined for data from companies that monitor the app store.

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