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Apple Dealt Stinging Court Defeat on App Store Sales Commissions


Apple Inc. violated a court order requiring it to open up its App Store to outside payment options and must make changes to better promote competition, a federal judge ruled.

Apple Inc. violated a court order requiring it to open up its App Store to outside payment options and must make changes to better promote competition, a federal judge ruled. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers sided Wednesday with Fortnite-maker Epic Games Inc. over its allegation that the iPhone maker failed to comply with an order she issued in 2021 after finding the company engaged in anticompetitive conduct in violation of California law. In her ruling Gonzalez Rogers order Apple to make a number of changes to its App Store business, including a ban on charging any commissions on purchases make outside of the store.

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