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Epic Games has notch a win in an ongoing legal difference of opinion with Apple , as a issue of which Fortnite could recall to the U.S. iOS App Store as early on as next week .
Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers say in a ruling on Wednesday that Apple was in “ willful violation ” of a 2021 injunction that prohibited the company from imposing anticompetitive pricing .
Apple won many of the debate in the trial with Epic Games . One famous exclusion was a ruling forbid the iPhone maker from collecting fee on purchases made outside of apps . At the time , Apple was tell to change its app entrepot to allow developer to direct customers to their websites , where drug user could then make purchase .
Per the ruling , Apple not only failed to abide by , it did so “ wilfully ” and with the purpose of creating unexampled anticompetitive barriers .
“ That it thought this Court would digest such insubordination was a gross miscalculation . As always , the coverup made it worse . For this Court , there is no second bite at the apple , ” Rogers pronounce in the ruling . She move a step further and referred the case to the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California to brush up it for possible criminal contempt proceedings .
An Apple spokesperson say the company would fight the royal court ’s decision , saying “ We strongly disagree with the decisiveness . We will follow with the court ’s order and we will attract . ”
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeneytook to Xto announce his troupe would bring Fortnite back to the U.S. App Store as soon as next calendar week .
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AsThe Verge reported , Sweeney also exsert a marriage proposal to Apple : “ If Apple strain the courtyard ’s clash - free , Apple - tax - barren framework worldwide , we ’ll come back Fortnite to the App Store worldwide and throw off current and next judicial proceeding on the subject , ” he compose .
The ruling was celebrated by other tech companies affect by Apple ’s policy . “This watershed court opinion is a victory for developers everywhere , ” Spotify spokesperson Jeanne Moran say in an emailed statement . “ Spotify will move quickly to submit an app update to Apple , heighten the experience for our consumers across the United States . ”
