It may have taken over 4 years, but Epic Games has finally prevailed in its antitrust case against Apple. The floodgates are open for developers to take payments outside of their apps without a cut going to Apple.
U.S. District Court judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers held that Apple failed to comply with her 2021 ruling and was in contempt of court for this "willful violation". This is part of the ruling that Epic won which said it was not OK for Apple to prohibit game makers from directing users outside of their apps to make item purchases chepper.
Tim Sweeney was quick to celebrate saying that not only are these fees dead in the EU but in the U.S. too.
U.S. District Court judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers held that Apple failed to comply with her 2021 ruling and was in contempt of court for this "willful violation". This is part of the ruling that Epic won which said it was not OK for Apple to prohibit game makers from directing users outside of their apps to make item purchases chepper.
Apple, obviously strongly disagrees with the decision. However they will comply and appeal.“Effective immediately Apple will no longer impede developers’ ability to communicate with users nor will
they levy or impose a new commission on off-app purchases,”
Tim Sweeney was quick to celebrate saying that not only are these fees dead in the EU but in the U.S. too.