Profit threat: A man walks past Apple’s Fifth Avenue store in New York. Apple is potentially facing another multibillion-dollar hit from losing payments Google makes to be the default search engine for its Safari browser. — Bloomberg
WASHINGTON: Apple Inc violated a court order requiring it to open up the App Store to third-party payment options and must stop charging commissions on purchases outside its software marketplace, a federal judge says in a blistering ruling that referred the company to prosecutors for a possible criminal probe.
US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers sided Wednesday with Fortnite maker Epic Games Inc over its allegation that the iPhone maker failed to comply with an order she issued in 2021 after finding the company engaged in anticompetitive conduct in violation of California law.
