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Apple appeals the sentence against Epic Games on the App Store

2021-10-11T09:44:04.045Z


Apple has challenged a federal judge's verdict in its legal battle against Fortnite maker Epic Games. (HANDLE)


(ANSA) - MILAN, OCTOBER 11 - Apple has challenged the verdict of a federal judge in its legal battle against the manufacturer of Fortnite, Epic Games. In early September, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, although she did not recognize a monopolistic conduct on the part of Apple, had established the need for the company to allow developers to use external links to sell their apps to users, always to be downloaded from the App Store. official. Now Cupertino has recourse, with the aim of restoring the order of things and keeping active its modus operandi on the percentages owed by independent developers and software houses for sales on the digital store. To date, Apple retains between 30% and 60% (for audiobooks for example) on the revenues of the various brands. Sel 'appeal filed by Apple in the Northern California District court will be upheld, with the November deadline, it would return to the previous scenario. YvonneGonzalez Rogers' ruling immediately requires Apple to open its business to third-party links, external to the App Store, but any positive outcome on the appeal would postpone the change of pace until a further new ruling. According to CNBC, there is a risk that the affair will not end in months but years. However, Apple can still mandate that its payment systems be used for in-app transactions. In the latter case, last week the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets accused Apple of breaking antitrust rules in the country. (HANDLE).


Source: ansa

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