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Jan 28, 2024

On Tuesday, January 16 on January 16 on the 16th of January, the U.S. Supreme Court denied requests to listen to appeals made by Apple along with Epic Games regarding the antitrust lawsuit Epic filed for 2020 versus Apple for 2020. Reuters reported.

In 2021, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers denied the bulk of Epic's argument against Apple however she did rule in favor of Epic's rules against developers that allow users to leave Apple's platforms to make digital purchase. Then in 2023, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco agreed with much of Judge Rogers 2021 ruling.

What Do You Think Apple Think? Apple Responds

According to reports, the Associated Press reported that this is a release of an order to give devs greater freedom to utilize different payment options. Apple was also able to submit court documents on the 16th of January which outline the company's strategies to follow the ruling while keeping all fees.

AP reported the court filing of Apple suggests they are planning to:

  • Allow developers to use hyperlinks to websites that link to other websites. However, Apple charge 12% to 27 percent commission on payment through links to other sites.
  • Alert consumers with an "scare screen" when they click on the link which directs them to an alternate payment method, and inform them that Apple is not responsible to those transactions in regards to security or privacy.
  • Institute the application procedure for pre-approval that AP calls "potentially complicated" before allowing external-pointing links or buttons to be displayed in iPhone or iPad apps, citing Apple's "effort to minimize the risk of fraud, scams and misunderstanding."

What is it? Epic Games is Insisting

AP said that the report detailing the above-mentioned plans "provoked claims of Apple did business in bad faith which sets the tone for legal battles to come," apparently quoting Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney's X (formerly known as Twitter) blog post in which he wrote "Apple filed a bad-faith 'compliance plan' to get the District Court's order."

Sweeney also provided an extensive list of "glaring issues we've discovered in the past," concluding with " Epic will challenge Apple's compliance scheme in bad faith before District Court" and attaching an image of "scare displays" Apple has included in the Developer Support update the external purchase link.

On Tuesday morning, Sweeney had posted mixed opinions, expressing his disappointment over a "shocking" decision by the Supreme Court choosing not to accept appeals in the case was "A tragic outcome for developers everywhere" but he said the fact that " developers can begin exercising their court-established right to inform US customers about cheaper rates on the internet."

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The 17th of January, Reuters reported that Apple was also requesting the judge on Tuesday to make Epic Games pay them over $73 million in legal costs and other costs. Reuters says that Apple's request was inspired by "a lower court decision that found that Epic Games violated a developer agreement they signed in 2010," in which "Epic agreed to cover costs for legal, losses, and other costs for any violations."

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