The ongoing conflict between Apple and Epic Games for months. ‘alternative payment method’ There was a new development in the fight. In September, in addition to Apple’s own payment method in iOS apps to third party methods It was decided to give permission. Judge Gonzalez Rogers gave the US company until December 9, but Apple objected to it.
Asking the court for additional time to configure App Store rules to allow alternative payment methods Apple’s request was denied. At the hearing held online on Tuesday, the lawyers of the parties took the floor. The Apple front is expected to implement the changes by December 9th. “extremely complex” stressed that.
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Apple: “It will take months to fix issues”
Apple’s attorney, Mark Perry, spoke at the hearing. He noted that allowing alternative payment methods is a complex process. Stating that it will take a long time to solve the problems they will encounter in this process, Mark Perry said, “It will take months to sort out engineering, economics, business and other issues” he expressed his reaction.
Mark Perry sequel “Children, developers, consumers and there should be guidelines to protect Apple” He pointed out that allowing alternative payment methods is not as simple as it seems. Epic Games’ lawyer, on the other hand, said that Apple’s request for postponement nothing more than a show-off tactic argued.
On the other hand, Judge Rogers stated that he could not substantiate the claim that Apple’s changes in the App Store could cause harm:
Consumers are quite accustomed to connecting from an application to a web browser. Apart from saying that Apple needs time to create Guidelines; He gave no reason to believe that the court’s injunction could have caused the damage alleged.”
Despite today’s court decision, Apple insists on not backing down. The company will not comply with any of the App Store rules until all appeals in the case are resolved. that you believe you don’t need to change told. Additionally, Judge stated that they will appeal Rogers’ decision.
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Google has restructured the Play Store after the new law enacted in South Korea required it to allow alternative payment options. The company stated that developers can now add different billing systems to their mobile applications. During the payment, the user will determine with which provider the transaction will continue.
Apple may have to allow different payment methods in the App Store if it doesn’t get a result in its favor in the Epic lawsuit.