Apple would not be able to run the anti-steering app store changes, or was ordered to be implemented in May, while the legal process plays, today the US Court of appeals said for the ninth circuit. This means that Epic games, Spotify, Patreon, and others will be able to direct customers for web purchase options that are available outside the app store, and Apple will not be able to collect fees on those web purchases.
Shortly after being forced to update its US AAPP Store rules to support the external purchase link, Apple filed an emergency resolution with the Appeal Court. Apple wanted to be able to implement the new rules until he was able to mount the entire appeal, but the appeal court denied the proposal.
For a stay, Apple needs to prove that its appeal is likely to succeed and it will be irreplaceable without stopping, while the court also needs to consider whether the migration will injure other parties and where public interests will lie. The court said that after “reviewing relevant factors” it is not understood that a migration is appropriate.
Apple argued that the original order was “extraordinary” and forced it to “give free access” for apple products and services including intellectual property. Apple said that it should be able to collect commission on the external purchase link and control the way they look at the links, which are currently prohibited. Apple claimed that it would be the cost of an annual dollar “millions of billions” as placing the AAPP Store rules.
The HAPP store changes that Apple has been implemented in the US, which is a result of the Apple vs.Pic Games of the Legal Battle, which started in 2020. The judge, overseeing the case, originally ordered Apple to tweak the AAPP STORE Rules, to allow developers to direct web purchase options instead of using in-app purchases. Apple complied after a multi-year appeal process, but imposed a 12 to 27 percent fee on developers, who opted to do so and implemented strict rules around the link style.
The APIC Games opposed the implementation of Apple, and the judge biased with the epic. In a fearful judgment, Apple was immediately ordered to change his US AApp Store rules. So far, Apple is not allowed to charge any fee on purchase that consumers make outside an app, nor are it allowed to restrict the language or design that uses for developers button or web purchase options links.
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