Last week, in the Epic Vs. Apple U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled that Apple can no longer ban developers from using “buttons, external links, or other calls to action that direct customers to purchasing methods.” but he did not. I’m not saying Apple should reduce its commission or that it could no longer charge its commission.
Now, seconds Bloomberg, Apple could still tell developers that it intends to charge a commission of up to 30%, despite last week’s court ruling.
“Apple has the legal right to do business with anyone it wants,” said Paul Gallant, managing director of Cowen & Co. he owes us 30%, and if developers refuse to pay him, Apple would be free to deplatify them. “
The judge’s 185-page ruling following a May lawsuit over an Epic lawsuit was seen as a “huge victory” by Apple, and although the company must relax the rules on integrated purchasing in applications and allow applications to connect to third-party payment systems, the judge ruled in favor of Apple on all other charges.
Now, it is up to the company to decide how badly the 30% commission wants. In the report, Bloomberg reiterates what Apple CEO Tim Cook said a few months ago about what would happen if the judge decided that developers could circumvent Apple’s own payment system.
“We would have to come up with another system to bill developers, which I think would be a disaster,” he said. The judge asked him directly if developers would still have to pay Apple if they charged consumer payments outside the purchase system from the iPhone maker’s app, Cook said, “Yes, of course.”
Yesterday Epic confirmed that it paid Apple a 30% commission for all sales recorded by the company, bypassing the App Store app shopping system with Fortnite last year. It was about $ 6 million.
The payment was confirmed by Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney himself Twitter, who also shared a joke about paying the fine through Apple Pay.
Now, we look forward to seeing how Apple handles this situation. Since we are just hours away from the “California Streaming” event, the company could also address the judge’s decision.
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