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Apple takes Epic fight over app store fees to the Supreme Court
The justices will review whether Apple violated a 2021 injunction by imposing 27% fees on external payment links, a policy critics say curbed developer use.
- On Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court agreed to review a lower court decision holding Apple Inc. in contempt for willfully defying a 2021 order regarding App Store developer fees.
- United States District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers found Apple in contempt in 2025, ruling the company violated her 2021 injunction requiring it to allow developers to direct users to alternative payment options.
- Apple implemented a 27 percent commission on revenue generated through external links, which Epic Games argues constitutes a workaround that effectively nullified the court's original mandate.
- The justices indicated they will not consider Apple's challenge to the scope of the so-called 'universal injunction,' leaving the contempt finding as the primary focus for oral arguments scheduled in October.
- Regulators worldwide are monitoring the case to determine how commission rates might be regulated outside the United States, as Apple warns the injunction could 'reshape the global app marketplace.
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