The ruling comes awkwardly ahead of Apple’s marquee event next week where versions of Apple’s winning products are slated for unveiling.
A US court on Friday tore down some of Apple’s key restrictions on how its developers can collect payments within the apps. The decision strikes down a core part of Apple’s App Store money machine. The anti-trust ruling came thanks to Epic Games. Hereon, Apple cannot bar developers from directing customers to pay outside of Apple’s own in-app purchase system. Apple can appeal. It presently charges developers commissions up to 30 per cent. Apple also bans a developer from communicating with customers via contact information that the developer obtained when customers signed up within the app.
