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Supreme Court Bet Could Stall Apple’s App Store Fee Fight

Apple wants to pause the App Store fee fight while the Supreme Court reviews its contempt ruling; Epic says developers keep waiting.

Key takeaways

  • Apple is trying to stop the App Store commission fight from moving forward in the lower court while the Supreme Court reviews whether Apple was properly held in civil ...
  • That matters most to developers who want external payment links to mean something commercially. Apple says the pause would avoid unnecessary proceedings; Epic says...
  • Apple’s pause request puts app makers’ payment links back in limbo
  • Apple’s filing is not just a calendar dispute. It is a fight over whether the lower court should keep working on the economics of external App Store purchases while th...

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