Apple’s appeal for an emergency hold on app fees denied by court

A court denied Apple‘s call For an emergency stay on a decision on purchases made outside the App Store in the United States, Techcrunch reported. This means that Apple will no longer be able to collect costs when users click on links in an application that takes them to an external site for a purchase. “After examining the relevant factors, we are not convinced that a stay is appropriate”, the judges indicated in a file.

Earlier this year, judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers judged that Apple raped His decision in 2021 on the Epic trial against Apple. The judge initially ordered Apple to authorize the developers to direct users to other payment systems which would allow them to bypass the usual commission costs of 30% of the App Store. However, Apple has always reached a drop of 27% for external purchases while showing users a warning “screen for fear” that payment, they had lost the protection of the company if they paid outside the App Store.

As part of the decision, Gonzalez Rogers ordered Apple to immediately stop external payment fees in the United States. It has also prohibited Apple from creating rules that would prevent developers from presenting buttons and links for external payments to customers. Apple respected the ordinance, but immediately appealed for an emergency taking on the decision so that it can resume collection costs on purchase of external applications – and this appeal has now been rejected.

“The long national nightmare of apples is finished,” wrote Epic CEO Tim Sweeny, on X in response to the decision. “May the WWDC of next week be the celebration of freedom led by Apple that developers and users have deserved for a long time.” Apple has not yet commented on the question.

Other companies with a large presence on iOS such as Amazon and Spotify has already moved quickly To establish external payment methods for their applications. Epic himself subject Fortnite at the App Store but was refused, call Apple’s actions “blatant reprisals”. However on May 20, Fortnite finally turned at the App Store in the United States.