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New blow for Apple: The trial against Epic Games forces you to open external payment goals

We have spent weeks since the last reference to the eternal struggle between Epic Games and Apple. A battle that started by surprise and who collapsed the networks around a debate: Apple exaggerates with its 30% benefit rate on apps that are published on your platform? To make memory, it all began by the inclusion of an alternative payment method in Fortnite in the version of the game downloaded from the Apple platform, ignoring the obligation to go through the box of the apple company and, therefore, avoiding the Payment of that 30% of benefit that EPIC loses (and the rest of applications). Despite the revolution that was mounted in Fortnite regarding said injustice, it seems that EPIC has to lose in this trial. However, all the mess has taken the light that Apple really needs to change its policy in terms of external payment methods. Apple should allow game application developers to be linked to alternative payment systems of the case The information comes through the Twitter accoun...

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...