An appeals court reversed a September ruling requiring Apple to open the App Store to external payment processors.
Epic Games landed a good shot on Apple in September: Most of the ruling in the Epic v Apple case went Apple’s way, but the court also declared that Apple requiring iOS developers to use its built-in payment processing system was in violation of California’s Unfair Competition Law. As a result, Apple was given 90 days to enable third-party payment processors on the App Store. Epic quickly appealed the ruling, and Apple did too, although not before taking a little time to blacklist Epic by refusing to restore its developer account until all appeals are exhausted and the judgment in the matter « becomes final and nonappealable. » Epic CEO Tim Sweeney said after the ruling that the appeals process could take five years to fully wind out. From September: Late last night, Apple informed Epic that Fortnite will be blacklisted from the Apple ecosystem until the exhaustion of all court appeals, which could be as long as a 5-year process.
