Russia will ban Apple from rejecting new apps in the App Store for no reason

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia will prohibit Apple from rejecting new applications in the App Store without reason.

The company will have to remove from its documentation the provision that gives it the right to not allow even applications that do not violate anything into the store.

Apple has already issued an order to eliminateviolations. The problem was related to third party application developers. Also, by prescription, apps developed by Apple shouldn't have any advantages over third-party apps. The FAS also stressed the company's obligation to provide other developers with the ability to distribute parental control applications in the App Store without losing important functions.

Apple must comply with the requirement by November 30, 2020. However, the American company may try to challenge the FAS claim.

Apple previously released iOS 12 with a pre-installed Screen time parental control app and began limiting the functionality of similar third-party apps.