Epic Games wins lawsuit victory against Apple over App Store payments"[Apple is] permanently restrained and enjoined from prohibiting developers from including in their apps and their metadata buttons, external links, or other calls to action that direct customers to purchasing mechanisms"
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Epic Games has won a partial victory against Apple.
A judge has ruled Apple cannot stop developers from directing users to other methods of payment in their apps.
The court ruled in favor of Apple on all but one count.
Update, September 10 (5:30 pm ET): Epic CEO Tim Sweeney and Apple have issued statements in response to the decision.
A judge has ruled in the Epic Games vs Apple case that whilst the company is not a monopolist, it cannot stop developers from linking to other payment mechanisms in their apps, in a setback for the Cupertino company.
A court ruling states
[Apple is] permanently restrained and enjoined from prohibiting developers from including in their apps and their metadata buttons, external links, or other calls to...
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Epic Games wins lawsuit victory against Apple over App Store payments
