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Apple Turned Its Epic Defeat Into Another App Store Victory
Despite expensive legal battles and regulatory pressure, Apple’s and Google’s mobile app stores are mostly unchanged. This week, Apple introduced a new fee on developers to protect its business.
That outcome adds to a glum picture for developers like Fortnite maker Epic, consumers, and governments from around the world that have been trying for years to loosen the restrictions Apple and Google maintain over downloading, paying for, and using apps on mobile devices. "Imposing a 27 percent fee for transactions made outside of an app on a developer’s website is outrageous and flies in the face of the court's efforts to enable greater competition and user choice,” Spotify spokesperson Jeanne Moran says. Developers including Spotify and Epic are holding out hope that Apple will have to cede more substantial ground by early March to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act, a new law requiring online gatekeepers to open their systems such as app stores to more competition.
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