{"id":436850,"date":"2025-11-07T05:34:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T05:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2180069"},"modified":"2025-11-07T05:34:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T05:34:08","slug":"appeals-court-says-apple-doesnt-need-to-let-ios-developers-link-to-external-payment-methods-just-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/appeals-court-says-apple-doesnt-need-to-let-ios-developers-link-to-external-payment-methods-just-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeals court says Apple doesn&#8217;t need to let iOS developers link to external payment methods just yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/appeals-court-says-apple-doesnt-need-to-let-ios-developers-link-to-external-payment-methods-just-yet.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Following a judge&#8217;s ruling that Apple must allow developers the option of linking to external payment systems in their iOS apps as part of its lawsuit with Epic Games, an appeals court has permitted Apple to delay making the change until it&#8217;s fully able to hear the case.<\/p>\n<p>Back in September &#8211; following a lengthy court battle arising from Apple&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2020-09-05-epic-calls-on-court-to-stop-apples-retaliation-against-the-fortnite-maker\">decision to remove Fortnite from its App Store<\/a> after Epic wilfully broke App Store guidelines by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2020-08-13-fortnite-adds-cheaper-mobile-payment-option-to-circumvent-apple-google-fees\">deliberately circumventing iOS&#8217; in-app payment mechanisms<\/a> &#8211; California&#8217;s Judge Gonzalez Rogers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-09-10-fortnite-trial-judge-decides-apple-cannot-stop-developers-linking-to-other-payment-methods\">ruled against all but one of Epic&#8217;s legal challenges<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-12-08-appeals-court-says-apple-doesnt-need-to-let-ios-developers-link-to-external-payment-methods-just-yet\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-12-08-appeals-court-says-apple-doesnt-need-to-let-ios-developers-link-to-external-payment-methods-just-yet\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following a judge&#8217;s ruling that Apple must allow developers the option of linking to external payment systems in their iOS apps as part of its lawsuit with Epic Games, an appeals court has permitted Apple to delay making the change until it&#8217;s fully able to hear the case. 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