US Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Apple App Store Rules (Epic vs. Apple)

[Gizmo_Duck]

US Supreme Court refuses Epic bid to let App Store order take effect in Apple case

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday dealt a setback to Epic Games, maker of the popular video game "Fortnite," in its legal battle against Apple , declining to let a federal judge's injunction take effect that could force the iPhone maker to change payment practices in its lucrative App Store.

www.reuters.com

Aug 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday dealt a setback to Epic Games, maker of the popular video game "Fortnite," in its legal battle against Apple (AAPL.O), declining to let a federal judge's injunction take effect that could force the iPhone maker to change payment practices in its lucrative App Store.

Liberal Justice Elena Kagan, acting for the Supreme Court, denied Epic's request to lift a decision by the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that effectively delayed implementing an injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers barring certain App Store rules, while Apple pursues a Supreme Court appeal.

The 9th Circuit in April had upheld the injunction but in July put that decision on hold. Kagan handles emergency matters for the Supreme Court arising from a group of states including California.

Epic filed an antitrust lawsuit in 2020, accusing Apple of acting as an illegal monopolist by requiring consumers to get apps through its App Store and buy digital content inside an app using its own system - for which it charges up to a 30% commission.

Rogers in 2021 rejected Epic's antitrust claims against Apple. But the judge found that Apple violated California's unfair competition law by barring developers from "steering" users to make digital purchases that bypass Apple's in-app system, which Epic could save them money with lower commissions.

The judge's injunction required Apple to let app developers provide links and buttons that direct consumers to other ways to pay for digital content that they use in their apps.

In seeking to pause the injunction from taking effect while it readies an appeal to the Supreme Court, Apple told the 9th Circuit that Rogers had erred in prohibiting it from enforcing its rules against all app developers in the United States, rather than just Epic.

"Apple will be required to change its business model to comply with the injunction before judicial review has been completed," the company told the 9th Circuit. "The undisputed evidence establishes that the injunction will limit Apple's ability to protect users from fraud, scams, malware, spyware, and objectionable content."

Epic told the Supreme Court that the 9th Circuit's standard for putting cases on hold is "far too lenient."

 

[Black Mamba]

Good epic need to fukk off
All this virtue signaling stupidity fukk them and fortnite

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Good epic need to fukk off
All this virtue signaling stupidity fukk them and fortnite

Yep. For those of us who love our apple products spyware/malware free, this is a nice win

 

[Pressure]

 

[MajesticLion]

 

[5n0man]

Yep. For those of us who love our apple products spyware/malware free, this is a nice win

I don't know, epic seems to have a good point with how Apple operates. They demand a bigger percentage than any other digital store even though they aren't the most popular platform. Epic showed evidence that people would log into fortnite on their iPhone just to buy shyt even though 90 percent of their playtime was on another platform. A judge agreed with epic that it wasn't fair that Apple earns the most from a game just being a middle man.

 

[Black Mamba]

I don't know, epic seems to have a good point with how Apple operates. They demand a bigger percentage than any other digital store even though they aren't the most popular platform. Epic showed evidence that people would log into fortnite on their iPhone just to buy shyt even though 90 percent of their playtime was on another platform. A judge agreed with epic that it wasn't fair that Apple earns the most from a game just being a middle man.

fukk epic
Wasn’t fair wahh wahh epic want users on apple devices these are the rules
They can take it or shove it up their c*nts like they are doing currently with not having fortnite on apple devices

 

[5n0man]

fukk epic
Wasn’t fair wahh wahh epic want users on apple devices these are the rules
They can take it or shove it up their c*nts like they are doing currently with not having fortnite on apple devices

Are u one of those weirdos that hate epic for no reason? Lol

 

[Black Mamba]

Are u one of those weirdos that hate epic for no reason? Lol

That virtue signaling they were trying to do was bullshyt so fukk em tryna act like they was for the little guy they can gtfo

Fortnite: The hypocrisy of Epic Games and their recent lawsuits against Apple, Google

Epic Games recently sued Apple and Google for the removal of Fortnite from their respective app stores. This has resulted in an all-out war, where the entire fabric of the digital market space looks set to change.

www.sportskeeda.com

 

[5n0man]

That virtue signaling they were trying to do was bullshyt so fukk em tryna act like they was for the little guy they can gtfo

Fortnite: The hypocrisy of Epic Games and their recent lawsuits against Apple, Google

Epic Games recently sued Apple and Google for the removal of Fortnite from their respective app stores. This has resulted in an all-out war, where the entire fabric of the digital market space looks set to change.

www.sportskeeda.com

What are you trying to prove with this article? Epic was right about google and apple, they siphon money from the gaming industry with no skin in the game, and have the nerve to demand more than Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, and the various PC storefronts.

 

[Hersh]

customers lose

 

[Black Mamba]

What are you trying to prove with this article? Epic was right about google and apple, they siphon money from the gaming industry with no skin in the game, and have the nerve to demand more than Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, and the various PC storefronts.

They act as if they are doing this for the little guy when they really aren’t fukk em

Fortnite isn’t on Microsoft’s Xbox Cloud Gaming service because Epic won’t allow it

It’s all about competition in the PC gaming space.

www.theverge.com

But they wanna dictate the terms with apple yet they act like this??



Apple wins they don’t fukkem and fornite

 

[5n0man]

They act as if they are doing this for the little guy when they really aren’t fukk em

Fortnite isn’t on Microsoft’s Xbox Cloud Gaming service because Epic won’t allow it

It’s all about competition in the PC gaming space.

www.theverge.com

But they wanna dictate the terms with apple yet they act like this??



Apple wins they don’t fukkem and fornite

I don't care if they're doing it for the little guy or not, Apple and Google should be forced to change shyt up.

Apple isn't apart of the gaming industry but wants the biggest piece of the pie.

 

[KateFabersBoyfriend]

Why don't they just not sell through the apple all store if it's an issue?

 

[The Mad Titan]

Is it a coincidence, that Sony Stan's are also apple stans