Court Rules in Favour of Epic Games & 3rd-Party Marketplaces

Tim Sweeney, founder and CEO of Epic Games, just announced that the company has made significant progress in its ongoing lawsuit against Apple. The court ruling found Apple guilty of anti-steering charges and will force the company to drop its enforced 27% tax on purchases made outside of the App Store.

What does this mean for mobile apps, and what are the downstream effects for those leveraging blockchain integrations?

A Brief History

Back in 2020, Epic got into trouble for encouraging players of Fortnite mobile to make direct purchases outside of the app store in order to avoid Apple’s 30% fee on all in-app purchases (IAPs). Apple took issue with this and immediately re

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