Latest News U.S. Federal Judge and Epic Games Contest Whether Apple has been in compliance with the Order that allows Payment Steering (PS)
A hearing on the facts of the Epic Games v. Apple case will be examining the issue of whether Apple is in fact complying to U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers' order to permit developers of applications to be able in the future to "steer" users towards third-party payment alternatives outside of the app's native App Store.
The hearings to determine Apple's compliance to the laws began on Wednesday May 8. AP reports that Judge Gonzalez Rogers " questioned whether Apple has set up a series of unneeded obstacles in order to prevent the use of different payment methods for iPhone applications" regardless of the court's directive.
HTML0 Hearing focused on whether Apple Policy remains anti-steering
The AP article further explains how judge Gonzalez Rogers' tone suggested Apple's actions were aimed at making profits for Apple instead of ensuring it conforms to the goal of her choice to let users take users steer payments. It also aims to increase iPhone users' capacity of quickly switching between different payment options in-app. The article explains in the Epic document, Apple is still blocking users from steering their devices towards other payment methods with lower costs.
The AP article states that during the proceedings in the course of the hearing Apple Chief Executive Officer of the iPhone App Store, Matthew Fischer declared that Apple has only granted permission to use 38 apps to display connections to different payment systems, "a fraction of the about two million iPhone apps that are accessible across the U.S."
PC Mag points out that the amount of apps -- 38 of the 65,000 apps developers who offer in-app purchases Most likely because of cost like the 27% Apple fee, and the added cost of credit card fees may result in an increase of total expenses for app developers.
Apple Executive "unaware" of Higher Overall Cost Issue
The LAW360 story of April 10 of 2015 details the proceedings that took place. Epic attorney Yonatan Even and the judge Gonzalez Rogers questioned Apple Finance Vice President Alex Roman. They also highlighted the less fee Apple gives users Apple -- 27% when transactions are made in applications that are not accessible via Apple devices, as opposed to the usual $30 for each transaction. Additionally, Epic added evidence to show the cost for payments within the U.S. is 3.5 per cent. In addition, the yoga app's CEO admitted that he was charged 3.5% to 6.5 percent in fees for the processing of payments. Then, Roman admitted that he did not know about this, Even stated that the intention was to establish an amount that would enable developers to offer users a lower cost. They demanded Roman to elaborate on his beliefs regarding the matter. Justice Gonzalez Rogers is quoted as declaring to Roman that "'It sounds like you all have a tendency to take decision without a basis or information or facts,' she said. "It seems to me like it was intended to protect ... your previous revenue that you've had in the past.'" Access the LAW360 article here.
HTML0 We're thrilled to have The Judge's Perspective with Epic
Chief Executive and Chief Executive Chief Executive Chief Executive David Nachman states that "We're thrilled to see the judge supporting Epic in this case We're confident that the court will compel Apple to permit steering for game developers and app developers, with no fees or restrictions. Epic's goal is opening wide the market to software and digital product companies which is why we're joined by our clients to be elated at the rapid progress toward the free flow of commerce through mobile."
Further Antitrust Protest against Apple started by the US Justice Department
As part of the Epic Games lawsuit in the U.S. Justice Department case U.S. Justice Department launched an antitrust case against Apple in March 2024 and declared that Apple is the sole dominant company in the smartphones, which also applies (among numerous other aspects) in the area of electronic payment.
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