Months after a contentious court battle, a judge directed Apple to allow developers to use outside payment options but stopped short of calling Apple a monopoly. 9News
to allow developers to use outside payment options, but stopped short of calling Apple a monopoly.
The decision, which is almost certain to be appealed, came after a months-long legal fight that could change how we use our smartphones."Today the Court has affirmed what we've known all along: the App Store is not in violation of antitrust law," Apple said in a statement. "Apple faces rigorous competition in every segment in which we do business, and we believe customers and developers choose us because our products and services are the best in the world.
The gaming company stressed that it is not seeking any monetary compensation from the lawsuit but wants the judge to compel Apple to relax some of those restrictions. "Epic is solely seeking changes to Apple's future behaviour," the company's CEO, Tim Sweeney, said on the stand. Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney enters the Ronald V. Dellums building in Oakland, Calif., to attend his company's federal court case against Apple on Monday, May 3, 2021. Epic, maker of the video game Fortnite, charges that Apple has transformed its App Store into an illegal monopoly.
In the weeks leading up to the verdict, Apple made multiple tweaks to App Store policies in a possible attempt to head off further criticism about its practices. In late August, the company announced a settlement in a class action lawsuit that allows app developers to email their users about alternative payment methods.
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