Court issues permanent injunction in Epic vs. Apple case

Re:Court issues permanent injunction in Epic vs. Apple case by dundarious on Friday September 10, 2021 @12:23PM (#28483773)

They seem to have ruled only that you can’t prohibit links to alternative payment methods (which would not be IAPs). You can still prohibit alternative actually IAPs, so Epic’s alternative IAPs must pay the fee.

Edit: Note that this a descriptive statement regarding the ruling, not a normative statement of my opinion.

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Re:Court issues permanent injunction in Epic vs. Apple case by modeless on Friday September 10, 2021 @12:39PM (#28483958)

I am unclear about this actually. I think the actual injunction will be a separate document released soon. But here's the judge's description in the ruling:

> a nationwide injunction shall issue enjoining Apple from prohibiting developers to include in their Apps and their metadata buttons, external links, or other calls to action that direct customers to purchasing mechanisms, in addition to IAP

Obviously this would seem to imply that developers are allowed to accept payment from alternative systems to unlock digital content in apps. But it doesn't explicitly say that. All it explicitly says is that developers can link to alternative payment systems. I hope the actual injunction is more explicit.

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Re:Court issues permanent injunction in Epic vs. Apple case by dundarious on Friday September 10, 2021 @12:44PM (#28484051)

I doubt they’re saying you can link to methods of payment but can’t provide goods or services in return for that payment, even in app.

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Re:Court issues permanent injunction in Epic vs. Apple case by judge2020 on Friday September 10, 2021 @01:27PM (#28484668)

I think the question is "can I have an in-app flow for purchases outside of IAP, or do i need to redirect people to my safari site to purchase?"

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