Supreme Court Declines to Review Epic Games Lawsuit With Apple Over App Store

Published on January 17, 2024

The Supreme Court on Jan. 16, declined to review separate appeals in the long-running antitrust case between Apple and Epic Games, the developer of the popular video game Fortnite, leaving in place a lower court ruling requiring Apple to make changes to its iOS App Store rules and allow developers to steer customers to alternative payment methods. The Supreme Court did not state why it declined to review the appeals. However, the decision by the nation’s highest court allows the changes from earlier decisions to go into effect and means that Apple will now allow outside payment options on its U.S. App Store, and app makers selling to American customers can add links and buttons inside their apps that bring users out to a payment processing page, thus bypassing Apple’s own payment system....

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