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There is already a result in the trial between Apple and Epic

Last year, Epic Games implemented a direct payment system in fortnite on mobile, something that violated the terms and conditions for Apple developers. This gave rise to the exit of Battle Royale of IOS devices, and a long legal confrontation between these two companies. Now, after months of waiting, a result has come to be considered as a victory for Apple and Epic Games. Today, September 10, Judge González-Rogers decided that Apple is free to control the payment system of his own platform , since Epic could not present enough evidence that this company has a monopoly as defined by laws. However, the judge also decided that Apple can not block developers who link alternative payment methods from within applications , since this is an anti-competitive behavior according to state law. This was what was said about it: [Apple is] permanently restricted to prohibit developers to include in their applications and their metadata buttons, external links or other call calls that direct c...