Epic Games accused Apple of not complying with the court order on the App Store

Epic Games, the owner of the digital game store and responsible for games such as Fortnite, has not yet given up its fight against Apple. The company went back to court against the giant to complain about possible contempt of the court order.

According to this BloombergEpic Games officially blames its rival Failure to cooperate after the verdict of the case involving both companies. Weeks after the deadline, Apple would not make the changes ordered by the Court.

Specifically, the developer asks Apple: offers a payment option for digital productssuch as costumes and other cosmetics released via microtransactions, By a payment processing system other than the App Store.

This way, the user can avoid the original fee even though the journey is longer; however, the person responsible may have to pay up to 27% to Apple.

This is not a new lawsuit, but a complaint of impropriety filed directly with the court. Epic Games’ idea is for Apple to speed up the implementation of links to external payments and possibly reduce the tax percentage.

Until now, Apple has not officially commented on the matter.

The process between the companies ended in 2023

Epic Games’ lawsuit against Apple was launched in August 2020 after Fortnite was banned from the App Store on the grounds that it was trying to circumvent the platform’s payment system.

In the indictment, he blamed developer Maça. anti-competitive market practices due to excessive fees charged to partners This Do not allow subscriptions or transactions outside the App Storeincluded charging fees.

After going through the whole process and reaching the United States Supreme Court in January of this year, The case was closed without any room for appeal. Apple is seen as the winner of the dispute, as most of the accusations have been denied, but it has still been ordered to make payment methods on the digital store more flexible.

Apple, which recently made an unrelated change in the process, announced that it will allow iOS users to install applications that are not available in its official store. The innovation will initially be specific to the European Union.

The new challenge must involve both sides presenting their arguments at a date yet to be determined by the judge in charge.