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Epic vs. Apple Ruling Reveals Latter Must Allow App Store to Direct Users to Third-Party Payment Options

https://wccftech.com/epic-vs-apple-ruling-must-allow-users-to-third-party-payment-options/

“[Apple is] permanently restrained and enjoined from prohibiting developers from including in their apps and their metadata buttons, external links, or other calls to action that direct customers to purchasing mechanisms, in addition to In-App Purchasing and (ii) communicating with customers through points of contact obtained voluntarily from customers through account registration within the app.”

"Judge Rogers had also ruled that Epic Games shall pay damages since it breached Apple’s App Store contact when it attempted to circumvent the commission requirement and tried to add a third-party payment option."

"The damages owed are 30 percent of the $12,167,719 in revenue that Epic Games collected from users in the Fortnite app on iOS through direct payments between August 2020 and October 2020. Additional damages include 30 percent of any such revenue Epic Games collected from November 1, 2020, through the date of judgment, plus interest."

Wow... Epic Won! It is being appealed but this is gonna cause quite the stir in the industry.



                  

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