A apple A US court order was violated that requires the iPhone factory to allow greater competition to download the methods of application and pay in aPP store. Therefore, the company must make changes to enhance competition better, and decided a judge in Auckland.
judge IPhone Gonzales Rogers, He said, on Wednesday (30), in a decision 80 pages, This is a apple He did not comply with the arrangement of the previous irregular matter imposed in the anti -monopoly procedure that it submitted Epic gamesCreator of the game “Fortnite”.
“Apple’s ongoing attempts to interfere in the competition will not be tolerated,” Gonzalez Rogers said. She added: “This is a judicial matter, not negotiations. There is no return back when a part of the court intentionally ignored.”
The judge also It will refer to the case to federal prosecutors to investigate whether the company has committed criminal contempt for the court for not respecting the 2021 resolution. Neither Apple nor EPIC responded to the case.
A She accused Apple’s epic To straighten the competition from applications and shipping excessive commission for purchases in the application.
In 2021, Gonzalez Rogers concluded that Apple was violated California competition law The company ordered the granting of developers more freedom to direct request users to other payment options. In 2024, Apple failed to persuade the US Supreme Court to cancel the bargaining order.
A Epic games In March 2024, the court informed that the Apple was “intentionally” the court, including by imposing a new rate of 27 % on request developers when Apple customers conclude a purchase outside the application store.
Apple receives a committee from developers 30 % of purchases within the application store.
Apple has also started displaying the messages that alerts customers about the potential danger of external links to prevent payments by third parties. Epic gamesCall the new apple system “Commercially“Apples denied any violations.
In a judicial document March 7and I reported the company Gonzalez Rogers Which made “extensive efforts” to comply with the Zarri order“Maintaining the basic characteristics of the Apple business model and consumer protection.”
Gonzalez Rogers suggested in a former audience that the changes he made apple In your own App Store They had no purpose “Besides strangling the competition“.
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