US EditionExternal Payments Now Allowed by Apple App Store Following Court Injunction
- Apple updated its App Store guidelines on May 2025 to allow U.S. Developers to link to external payment methods without commissions.
- This change followed a California court ruling that Apple violated a 2021 injunction from the Epic Games antitrust case.
- The revised rules remove Apple's prohibition against buttons or links directing users to external purchasing options, affecting U.S. App Store apps only.
- The ruling permits developers to retain 100% of revenue from external payments and ends Apple's 27% commission on such transactions in the U.S.
- Apple will comply with the order while appealing, but the ruling pressures Apple to reduce costs for developers, potentially lowering app subscription prices in the U.S.
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Online commerce: Apple opens up to payments outside its application store, a major turning point
Apple now allows U.S. app publishers to pass free of charge or commission through a payment platform other than the group's store, the App Store. The company complies with a court decision. The group has taken this major change by updating its application regulations, published on its website.
Major turning point: Apple now allows app publishers to go through other payment platforms than its store
Apple now allows U.S. app publishers to pass, free of charge or commission, through a payment platform other than the group's store, the App Store, to comply with a court decision, a turning point. ...
Apple allows app publishers to go through shops other than the App Store in the United States, a major change
The US company complies with a court decision. Apple had already allowed some publishers to go through another payment system, but still collected 27% commission.
Apple Changes US App Store Rules; Apps Can Now Allow External Payments
Apple has implemented certain changes to its App Store rules in the United States, allowing developers to offer users alternate methods of making in-app purchases, the company said in a May 1 statement. The decision came a day after U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, in an April 30 ruling, criticized Apple for not following a 2021 court order that sought to prohibit the company’s “anticompetitive conduct and anticompetitive pricing.” Th…
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