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Apple faces class-action lawsuit for violating App Store injunction


The hits keep coming for Apple and its App Store policies. A new class-action lawsuit filed today alleges that Apple...

A new class-action lawsuit filed today alleges that Apple “penalized developers who sought to use linked payments with fees that rendered it economically non-viable. The lawsuit follows an injunction handed down last week, in which Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers barred Apple from charging commission or otherwise interfering with developers’ ability to direct customers to payment methods outside of the App Store. “Although the injunction has been in ‘effect’ for over 15 months, Apple has been able to identify only 34 developers who have even applied to offer linked-out payments through their apps.

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