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The lawsuit between Epic and Applem has a very interesting outcome. Among other things, it is Apple obliged to allow developers to implement alternative payment methods in their applications and thus bypass the payment gateway Applu. This is nothing new, as the court order was issued at the beginning of September stating that Apple he has a total of 90 days to do this step. Apple in October, he filed a request to extend the deadline until he receives a judgment in the court case between AppleEpic has legal authority, which could take quite a long time.

Apple in his October application he also tried to argue that the change in rules App Store could disrupt the careful balance between developers and customers provided in App Store, which could result in irreparable harm. As we know, however, this argument did not impress the judge. The argument that more time was needed to work out the complex legal, technological and economic issues that the change could cause was also unsuccessful. In his decision, the judge was of the opinion that app developers should be able to choose whether to use the in-app purchase system App Store, or a completely different way. "Consumer information, transparency and consumer choice are in the public interest,” is the wording of the decision. According to the spokesperson AppHowever, the company will not give up and intends to appeal further. However, the appeal will probably be filed before December 9th. nestdiscuss it immediately.

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