Latest News U.S. Supreme Court Denies Appeals by Apple in addition Epic In Antitrust Case -

On January 16, U.S. Supreme Court denied the requests for hearing appeals brought by Apple along with Epic Games concerning the antitrust lawsuit. Epic began in 2020. Apple for 2020. Reuters reported.

in 2021 U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in 2021, denied the majority of Epic's claims against Apple however, she ruled against Epic's policy regarding developers who move customers off of Apple's platforms in order to buy digital goods. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco agreed with much of Judge Rogers 2021 ruling.

What does Apple Think? Apple replies

As per Associated Press reported that this announcement comes as a result of an order which gives developers the possibility of selecting several payment options. Apple was also party to court papers on January 16th in which it outlines the plan it has to follow these rules and remain in control of the bulk of its expenses.

AP reported the Apple court document reveals they are planning to:

• Developers are permitted to create hyperlinks for other websites. However, Apple charges 12%-27 percentage commissions for transactions conducted through links to other sites.
• Let consumers know by showing the "scare screen" every time they click an ad that takes them to an alternative payment method to inform them that Apple is not responsible to purchase transactions in the sense of privacy or security.
• Institute for approval of a process which AP says is "potentially complicated" prior to allowing externally-pointing links or buttons to show within iPhone or iPad applications. Apple's "effort to curb fraudulent activity or fraud, in addition to false or misleading data."

What's Epic Games' Response? Epic Games are Responding

AP reported that the article describing the plans "provoked accusations that Apple doesn't act in good trust and has created the conditions for future legal challenges," apparently quoting Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney's X (formerly also known as Twitter) blog post in which he wrote "Apple has filed a 'compliance' in bad in good faith' agreement to the court's ruling."

Sweeney also provided a detailed listing of "glaring concerns we've uncovered so far," concluding with " Epic is planning to challenge Apple's compliance program in the event of in poor faith, via District Court" as and attaching a photo of an "scare image" Apple has included in the Developer Support Update on the purchase links which are outside of Apple.

The day before, Sweeney had posted mixed views, pointing out that it was "unpleasant" to consider that was that the Supreme Court choosing not to accept appeals in this case was "A horrible outcome for everyone developers" as well as stating " developers can begin making use of their rights as judges in court to educate US consumers about lower rates online."

More Epic Games v. Apple Case Developments

On January 17th on the 17th of January Reuters announced that Apple was also requesting the judge to request for Epic Games pay them over $73 million in legal expenses and other expenses. Reuters says that Apple's request was motivated due to "a lower court's ruling that determined that Epic Games violated a developer agreement they signed in 2010." In the court's ruling "Epic was required to pay expenses related to the loss of legal and other fees as well as any other fees resulting from the violation."

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