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Epic's Tim Sweeney pledges more legal action as US Supreme Court rejects Apple lawsuit appeals


Epic boss Tim Sweeney has vowed more legal action against Apple, just days after the US Supreme Court dismissed both pa…

Gonzalez-Rogers did, however, side with Epic in one matter, ruling Apple could not block developers from linking out to alternative payment methods from within their apps - a practice known as "anti-steering" - as that would constitute "anti-competitive conduct" under state law. Apple has also implemented a full-screen notification warning app users that it is "not responsible for the privacy or security of purchases made on the web" when clicking on a link leading to external payment methods. Sweeney's threat of more legal action comes just months after Epic laid off 900 employees, telling staff that, "For a while now, we've been spending way more money than we earn" and insisting the job cuts would enable it to "stabilise our finances".

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