Apple is forced to adopt a new App Store policy that is less stingy. The company has no way around that.
After the hugely controversial lawsuit between Epic Games and Apple, it was eventually clear that the two were both wrong. Epic Games was not allowed to go against the rules of the App Store and Apple was not allowed to have an anti-competition policy. Both companies, of course, appealed and Apple is the first to get the results. ‘Don’t be so stingy’ is the conclusion between the lines.
Forced Apple App Store Policy
The US judge who ruled in the case is once again pragmatic; Apple just has to stick to the rules, so writes TechCrunch. The App Store operator spoke out against a new policy it should have, whereby Apple can no longer prevent developers from placing external links to other payment platforms.
According to Apple, this would harm consumers and developers. That’s why the company asked years delay for the new rule. But Judge Gonzalez Rogers didn’t need to hear about that.
The new App Store policy will therefore go against Apple’s will in December. Apps are allowed by the Fortnite controversy from now on simply place links again with which the user can pay via an external platform. Also, developers may simply request payment through information voluntarily provided by the user.
Think of an email address; Apple banned developers from promoting alternative payment systems through a user-specified email address. This kind of stingy nonsense is officially no longer allowed by the courts and Apple probably can’t argue with it anymore.
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