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posted by janrinok on Tuesday September 14 2021, @07:51AM   Printer-friendly
from the discount++ dept.

Apple can no longer force developers to use in-app purchasing, judge rules:

A U.S. judge on Friday issued a ruling in "Fortnite" creator Epic Games' antitrust lawsuit against Apple's App Store, striking down some of Apple's restrictions on how developers can collect payments in apps.

The ruling says that Apple cannot bar developers from providing buttons or links in their apps that direct customers to other ways to pay outside of Apple's own in-app purchase system, which charges developers commissions of up to 30 percent. The ruling also said that Apple cannot ban developers from communicating with customers via contact information that the developers obtained when customers signed up within the app.

The ruling comes after a three-week trial in May before Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Apple shares moved down about 2.5 percent on news of the decision.


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  • (Score: 5, Touché) by Opportunist on Tuesday September 14 2021, @10:35AM (2 children)

    by Opportunist (5545) on Tuesday September 14 2021, @10:35AM (#1177654)

    Only if they allow sideloading, or else the next antitrust suit is coming.

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  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by canopic jug on Tuesday September 14 2021, @12:33PM (1 child)

    by canopic jug (3949) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday September 14 2021, @12:33PM (#1177673) Journal

    "Sideloading" used to be called "installation" of software. By getting people to call the old activity by a new name, they can shift the public's attitudes and diminish their expectations. Installing software is normal. Apple wants the public to think that it is dodgy or illegal. It's part of their front in the ongoing war against general purpose computing.

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    • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday September 14 2021, @04:45PM

      by DeathMonkey (1380) on Tuesday September 14 2021, @04:45PM (#1177754) Journal

      Is that like when you call a new OSHA workplace safety policy that doesn't even require a vaccine a "vaccine mandate" to make it sound scary?