AppleApp developers may be required to make connections to alternate payment websites. This could enable software companies and reduce the Apple’s 15%-30% fee for digital transactions.

Tuesday saw Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers (federal judge) in Oakland. rejectedApple appeal for a stayThat would mean that the court-ordered changes will take longer to become effective, so it will not be implemented until December.

Rogers said that Apple’s motion relies on selective interpretations of Court’s findings. It ignores all the evidence which supports the injunction, including incipient antitrust activity, supercompetitive Commission rates, extraordinarily high operating marges, and those which are not correlated with its intellectual property value.” in the orderApple’s motion was called “fundamentally flawed” by.

Rogers ruled in favour of Apple on 9 of the 10 counts of an antitrust lawsuit brought to him by Epic Games. Epic sought to have its app store installed on iPhones. Both parties appeal the decision.

Apple attorney Mark Perry told a quick hearing that linking to other payments via the App store would prove difficult and demanded more time.

Perry stated that the situation was “excruciatingly complex.” To protect Apple, there have to be safeguard rails and guidelines.

Rogers was skeptical and stated that Apple wanted to hold off on the changes for five years.

Rogers stated Tuesday that Apple had not provided any credible reasons for the Court to conclude that injunctions would lead to the “provessed destruction”.

App developers don’t need to pay App Store fees despite providing their own credit cards processing.

Apple has not yet made public statements about how it will change its App Store policies under the order. However, it indicated that it might find a way for it to charge fees on purchases outside of App Store. Apple stated in Tuesday arguments that it would take more time to create new software policies and replace existing in-app payment methods.

Due to new regulations in South Korea, Google’s Android App Store was required to provide off-platform payment options. Developers pay Google 11% on gross transactions even though they manage their own billing. the policyIt will go into effect on 2022.

Apple claimed in a statement, “We believe no additional business modifications should be required to enter effect until all appeals have been resolved in this case.” These circumstances are the basis for our request to the Ninth Circuit.