Topic: external payments

  • Tim Sweeney Reveals Fortnite's Future After Apple Win

    Tim Sweeney Reveals Fortnite's Future After Apple Win

    Epic Games won a major legal victory against Apple, with a U.S. court upholding a ruling that Apple must allow developers to link to external payment methods, ending what Epic's CEO calls arbitrary "junk fees." The court affirmed Apple cannot take its standard commission on these external purchas...

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  • Apple Loses Epic Games Court Appeal

    Apple Loses Epic Games Court Appeal

    A federal appeals court largely upheld a ruling that Apple violated a 2021 injunction by effectively prohibiting developers from using external payment links through restrictive conditions and a 27% fee. The court found the lower court overstepped by completely banning Apple from collecting commi...

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