Latest News U.S. Supreme Court denies appeals made by Apple as well as Epic to resolve Antitrust Case -

On the 16th of January, U.S. Supreme Court denied the arguments brought by Apple and Epic Games concerning the antitrust suit Epic has filed with Apple for the year 2020. Reuters reported.

The year 2021 was the last time U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers rejected most of Epic's arguments in opposition to Apple but did opt to support Epic's argument against the practice that developers use of removing customers from Apple's network to purchase digital goods. In 2023, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco agreed with much of Judge Rogers 2021 ruling.

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It was reported by the Associated Press reported that this removes the hold of the order, which gives developers the ability to use diverse payment methods. Apple also filed documents to the court on January 16, in which it provides a plan to comply with the orders and still retain the majority of its charges.

AP stated that the court file of Apple is evidence that Apple plans to:

• Developers can use hyperlinks to link to other sites however, Apple charges 12%-27 percentage commissions on transactions created using hyperlinks that are outside.
• Inform consumers via an "scare screen" after they click the link which takes the user to a different payment method, advising users that Apple does not have any obligation to these transactions with terms of privacy or security.
• Institute an approval procedure which AP says is "potentially complicated" before allowing links that point externally or buttons to be displayed in iPhone or iPad apps, citing Apple's "effort to stop fraudulent acts or fraud and to avoid confusion."

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AP stated that the news report detailing the plans "provoked allegations that Apple could be operating in a fraudulent manner and set the stage for legal wrangling," apparently quoting Epic Games Chief Executive Officer Tim Sweeney's X (formerly called Twitter) blog entry where he stated that "Apple made a fraudulent 'compliance scheme' to the District Court's order."

Sweeney continued to provide an exhaustive list of "glaring issues we've previously discovered," concluding with " Epic plans to fight Apple's compliance program for bad faith before District Court" as well as the attachment to an image of a "scare image" Apple has included in the Developer Support update for the external purchase link.

The previous day, Sweeney had posted mixed thoughts, and expressed anger over his displeasure over Supreme Court choosing not to look into appeals in this instance as "A awful outcome for everyone developer" in addition to pointing that " developers can begin applying their rights based on the criteria set by the court to warn US clients of lower prices on the internet."

Further Epic Games v. Apple Case Developments

On the 17th of January, Reuters reported that Apple was also requesting the judge on Tuesday, January 17, to require Epic Games pay them over $73 million in legal costs as well as related costs. Reuters says that the demand is based on "a previous court ruling that stated that Epic Games violated an agreement with the developers who signed it back in 2010" wherein "Epic agreed to cover the cost of legal damages, and the cost of any other violations."

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