What can $83 million in legal defense fees buy? In Apple’s case, billions of dollars in annual App Store revenue that had been under threat until this week.
While the iPhone maker’s costly legal battle started by developer Epic Games technically isn’t quite over, Apple looks mighty victorious after the US Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to hear Epic’s appeal of its losses. That means up to 30 percent of app developers’ sales will continue to flow into Apple’s pockets—just as they did before Epic picked a fight in 2020.
That outcome adds to a glum picture for developers like Fortnite maker Epic, consumers, and governments from around the world that
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