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Google has announced that it will allow developers the option to offer third-party payment options for apps that is available on the Google Play Store. The pilot programme for the move will start in South Korea with the music streaming app Spotify.

Shared via an Android Developers blogpost yesterday, Google announced that it will allow Android users to select payment systems other than its own soon. Furthermore, it will only start with Spotify and other trusted partners first due to security concerns.

Be it Facebook or Twitter, most people use some form of social media these days. Unfortunately, Donald Trump isn't banned from both of these platforms, so he decided to make a new one. First announced last year, the so-called TRUTH Social is now ready to roll out.

Back in 2020, Apple and Google both dropped the mobile version of Fortnite from their app stores. Despite escalating into a lawsuit, Epic Games was unable to put the game back on the app stores. But it's been confirmed that the game would return in another form.

Epic Games might have claimed that Fortnite wouldn't be returning to the Apple App Store, but that wouldn't be possible anyway. The company allegedly pledged to adhere to Apple's guidelines if its developer account was reactivated. Unfortunately, Apple doesn't have any intentions of doing so.

If you recall, the great Epic Games vs Apple saga has been drawing to a close in recent weeks. About 2 weeks ago, Apple reached an agreement with developers to allow certain apps to promote alternate payment methods. Now, the latest court ruling was announced and it isn't quite what both parties wanted.

Some of you may recall Epic Games' decision to bypass the Apple App Store's payment system last year. Things quickly blew up between the two companies, resulting in an anti-trust lawsuit against Apple. After a long year, we're finally getting some form of resolution to this.

Some people may think that the Apple App Store is a lot more secure than other platforms. Of course, no system is flawless. In fact, someone recently found a scam app on the App Store, one that was disguising itself as a mobile game.

With the year coming to a close, we start to look back on all the things that have happened this year. Pandemic aside, there were plenty of things that many would consider dumbfounding or just sad, and that applies to tech as well.

In that vein, we decided to look back at some of the saddest and worst tech news for 2020. Maybe you'll find it just as dumb as we did, but without further ado let's take a look!

The policy changes to the Apple App Store has been an inconvenience for a few companies. Back in August, Apple announced that Google Stadia wasn't allowed on the App Store due to a certain policy. But it looks like Google has finally got a workaround that will bring the platform to iOS.

Earlier, it was reported that the Government of India has banned 118 apps from China due to security reasons. Among the apps, there are some popular ones like WeChat, PUBG Mobile, Alipay, Taobao, Arena of Valor, and many more. Now, it looks like the government wants to gain more control over the app usage of the users. With that said, the country is planning to launch an app store to rival Apple's App Store and Google Play Store.