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title: "Apple and Epic argue over how much Apple should get from purchases made outside the App Store"
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url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/295857360.md"
description: "Apple and Epic Games are disputing Apple's proposal to collect fees on digital purchases made via external links outside the App Store. Following a 2021 injunction, Apple currently cannot commission external purchases, but has now suggested a new fee structure. Epic rejected this as exceeding court guidance. The dispute continues amidst ongoing legal proceedings regarding compliance with previous rulings."
datetime: "2026-08-13T23:16:55.000Z"
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# Apple and Epic argue over how much Apple should get from purchases made outside the App Store

In a new filing in its long-running legal dispute with Epic Games, Apple has proposed a structure that would allow it to collect fees on digital purchases made via external links that don't use the company's in-app purchase system. Epic has already responded, saying that Apple's request is "far outside of the bounds" of the court's guidance.

Right now, Apple cannot take a commission on external purchases after California district court judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled in April 2025 that found the company "willfully" didn't comply with her 2021 *Epic Games v. Apple* injunction. However, a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel said that Apple …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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