With each new chapter of this soap opera, you can see the power of the bitten apple company.

In the new process development epic games Against applethe giant founded by Steve Jobs scored another victory over the gaming company.

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Last Monday (24), the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the decision of a trial judge convicted in 2021, which dismissed claims that Apple violated a federal law banning third-party app markets on your operating system. This is a big win for Apple, which is currently being reformulated into app store precisely in order to better deal with the developers who are on their platform.

Epic Game action against Apple began in 2020 when the iPhone manufacturer withdrew the game Fortnite from the App Store because Epic has applied an external solution to monetize the game off-platform and thus will not be required to pay the 30% that Apple requires from those who transact on the App Store – a value that Epic considers offensive. This caused Epic Games to take action, claiming that Apple had created a monopoly on its platform. But it’s been a losing battle for Epic – at least for now.

“There is a lively and important debate about the role played in our economy and democracy by online transaction platforms with market power.“, – said a panel of three judges. “However, our job as a federal court of appeals is not to decide this dispute, and we cannot attempt to do so. Instead, in this decision, we apply existing precedent to the facts in good faith.“.

Apple welcomed the decision and remains firm in its position that it does not have a monopoly on its platform. She claims that one of the reasons why external app markets are banned from the App Store is to prioritize the safety of its users. And this is not a monopoly, after all, if users and developers do not want to act through this policy, they have another option, devices android.

“The App Store continues to drive competition, drive innovation, and empower, and we’re proud of its tremendous contribution to the lives of users and developers around the world.“, the company said in an email. “We respectfully disagree with the court’s decision on the sole remaining claim under state law and are considering further review.”

Of the ten charges, Apple got rid of nine, and only one, which was previously ruled in favor of Epic by a state judge, remains in force. It talks about developers who maintain external online stores for their apps or games that are in the App Store.

Via Twitter, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney spoke of the victory and that at least the appeals court upheld the part of the 2021 ruling that favored Epic.

“Fortunately, the court’s positive ruling to dismiss Apple’s anti-management provisions has given iOS developers the ability to send consumers online to do business directly with them. We are working on the next steps.”

In 2021, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers found that Apple did not allow its consumers to receive tiered pricing, although she rejected Epic’s claims that the App Store was operating as a monopoly in violation of federal antitrust laws.

The tests were then applied in California, and after them, Judge Rogers ordered Apple to allow app developers to direct their consumers to external payment methods. However, she did not see a need for third-party app stores on the platform, or for Apple to rethink its app developer fee policy.

Although it lost to Apple in most of the claims, it doesn’t look like Epic Games is discouraged and it seems that there will still be new chapters in this soap opera.

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