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Apple-Epic App Store Battle Updates

• 🔥 New Filings on Court Stay: Apple and Epic filed new requests over whether the court should keep or lift a...

U.S.-EU rift widens as Trump admin pushes back on $7B+ Big Tech fines:

• Apple fined €1.84B for music streaming app dominance, €500M for anti-steering...

Post-stay showdown: Ninth Circuit granted Apple's stay on April 6, pausing injunction against 27% commissions on external links and screens.

• Epic's...

Key Play Store shifts from Epic settlement:

• Fees slashed to 20% baseline (10% for subs), devs can skip billing.
• Registered App Stores in Android...

Epic-Google Injunction Hearing

• 🔥 A California federal judge ordered an evidentiary hearing on Epic and Google's latest proposal to revise a...

California federal judge signals impatience with Epic and Google's latest proposal to revise court-crafted injunction, ordering evidentiary hearing...

• Apple plans to escalate its App Store commission dispute with Epic Games to the Supreme Court.
• Seeks to preserve 30% fees amid the ongoing...

Epic vs Apple Legal Delays

• 🔥 Epic Opposes Apple's Stay Motion: Epic Games filed a motion claiming Apple's request to stay the Ninth Circuit...

• Competitor intel essential: Track keyword drops, review spikes, and metadata updates causing 40% organic install losses; tools like Appark.ai enable...

Key angles in the 27% commission fight:

• Apple's Petition: Seeks Supreme Court review on contempt for "spirit" violation of injunction (not...

Rising DTC alternatives in F2P games like PUBG Mobile address in-app friction and data risks:

• High in-game prices (e.g., 60 UC at $0.86–$0.88) vs....

Epic v. Apple: Supreme Court Petition and Stay

• 🔥 Apple Seeks Review on Third-Party Commissions: Apple has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to...

Opaque interventions ramp up: Apple is pushing unannounced updates to third-party apps, incrementing versions without developer input or...

Latest escalations in Apple-Epic anti-steering battle:

• Dec 2025: Ninth Circuit upholds contempt ruling but reverses external payment commission...

Epic v. Apple Supreme Court Escalation

• 🔥 Apple Signals Supreme Court Petition: Apple filed a motion indicating it plans to ask the U.S. Supreme...

• Pause Request: Apple seeks Ninth Circuit stay on district court fee calculation for external app links while petitioning SCOTUS on contempt...

Play Store review search in early dev, letting users keyword-query feedback like "cancel subscription".

• Closes tooling gap: Devs access it via Play...

Epic-Apple Ruling Closure

• 🔥 Ninth Circuit Denies Rehearing: The Ninth Circuit unanimously denied Apple's panel and full court rehearing...

• AppArena debuts as Japan's first tailored alternative iOS game store, enabled by Apple's changes under the 2025 Mobile Software Competition Act.
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EU DMA forces Apple to enable third-party AI integrations via iOS 27's new extensions framework, allowing rivals like ChatGPT deeper system access.
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