Apple Judge Skeptical About Putting App Store Change on Hold
- IPhone maker’s attorney says revising rules is ‘complicated’
- ‘Apple does nothing unless it is forced,’ Epic lawyer argues
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A federal judge expressed skepticism toward Apple Inc.’s request to cancel a December deadline to change the lucrative business model for its App Store while the iPhone maker’s legal fight with Epic Games Inc. is on appeal.
Apple is asking U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers to let the company move at its own pace to tweak rules to allow developers to steer customers to payment methods outside the App Store, an overhaul the judge ordered in September that could cost the tech giant a few billion dollars annually.