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Apple’s 27% response to the Supreme Court decision is baiting antitrust regulators

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/01/Apple-response-to-the-Supreme-Court.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600)</div><p><a href="https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/16/supreme-court-apple-vs-epic-ruling-app-store-payment-links/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The US Supreme Court yesterday decided[/url] that the original ruling in the <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/epic-games/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Epic Games[/url] case should stand – and <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/aapl/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Apple’s[/url] response to the <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/antitrust/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">antitrust[/url] ruling has been uncompromising, to put it politely.</p>



<p>The company’s announcement that it will allow external payments but <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/16/apple-revises-us-app-store-rules-to-let-developers-link-to-outside-payment-methods-but-it-will-still-charge-a-commission/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">still claim a 27% commission on sales[/url] made outside the App Store is effectively Apple giving the middle finger not just to Epic Games – which may be understandable – but also to the court which made the original ruling, and to antitrust regulators … </p>



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