Apple loses Epic fight: app developers can now avoid App Store payments

Date:
Fri, 10 Sep 2021 15:42:49 +0000

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A judge just hit Apple with an injunction against restricting developers from using their own payment services for in-app purchases, a major blow to the tech giant's bottom line.

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Apple was just hit with a permanent injunction by the judge in their legal battle with Epic Games over in-app purchases, preventing the company from forcing developers to pay 30% of all sales to use its own in-app payment system.

The decision, first reported by The Verge's Nilay Patel on Twitter, is a seismic event for the Cupertino-based tech giant, as its App Store revenue structure has been a major revenue center for the company.

The long-standing policy was for Apple to take a 30% cut of all app sales and in-app purchases from any developer who listed their app on its App Store marketplace. Judge in Apple / Epic issues permanent injunction against Apple, developers now allowed to direct customers to other payment systems. Story coming! pic.twitter.com/4vA2Hj7VIZ September 10, 2021 See more

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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/news/developers-can-now-evade-apples-in-app-payment- scheme-to-directly-sell-to-users/


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