Apple says Epic’s lawsuit is not necessary to reform the App Store rules for all developers

In Apple’s seemingly never-ending lawsuit with Fortnite developer Epic Games over App Store commissions, the iPhone maker is also fighting a court ruling. His latest strategy? Saying that the beef between Epic Games and Apple on its way of fees should not lead to a law that applies to all software developers who publish on the US App Store, including other technology giants such as Microsoft and Spotify, which were not part of these cases.

“…Epic has not brought anything to the class and has not tried to show that ordering the actions of Apple against all other producers – such as Microsoft or Spotify, which have nothing to do with Epic – was necessary in some way to help Epic,” said the new request of Apple, which asks the US Supreme Court to review the decision of the lower court.

In the same filing, Apple also disputes the Ninth Circuit’s ruling mocking ordering Apple to comply with the law. The court ruled that Apple must give developers the right to include links in their apps — links that can direct users to other payment methods outside of Apple’s system — if they choose to do so. Apple allowed this as required, but charged a fee on foreign purchases, which led to a scandal.

The Ninth Circuit held that charging a 27% tax on foreign wages defeated the purpose of allowing them — which, it did. But Apple is pushing back for some legal reasons. His new argument looks at whether the federal court can hold a party in contempt for violating the “spirit” of the decision when the law itself was written in a way that left no room for interpretation and said nothing about committees. (That is, it didn’t ban payments on foreign purchases, so technically(Apple believes it has done nothing wrong.)

Apple seems to have unlimited funds to pay for its legal battles. The company has been fighting Epic’s original 2020 lawsuit for more than five years now.

Epic Games criticized Apple’s recent actions as “the last Hail Mary to delay the issue and avoid opening the gates to pay competition to benefit consumers.”

Earlier this month, The Supreme Court refused Apple’s request to stop additional methods until the court determined whether the sanctions were justified.

This week, Epic Games he announced that Fortnite returned to the App Store around the world (save Australia), because they believe that the court is on their side and will not allow Apple’s price to stand there.