Epic Games filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple in 2020 over Apple taking a 30% fee on App Store purchases and banning developers from informing users about external payment options. A judge ordered Apple to end its anti-steering policy, and Apple implemented a link program that still charged a 27% fee. A later ruling found Apple violated the injunction and ordered Apple to stop restricting alternative payment solutions and collecting payments from those methods. Apple is appealing. Y Combinator filed an amicus brief supporting Epic and asked the court to deny Apple's appeal, arguing the revenue share deterred startup investment.
The brief comes during the years-long legal dispute. Epic Games first filed an antitrust lawsuit against the iPhone maker in 2020 in protest of Apple taking a 30% fee for every purchase made in the App Store, as well as in-game purchases. Epic claimed in its suit that Apple unlawfully banned developers from telling customers about payment alternatives to the App Store.
A judge ordered Apple to end its anti-steering policy, but instead, the company implemented a link program that allowed developers to link to alternative payment methods, with the app store taking a 27% fee. In another complaint, Epic accused Apple of violating the court injunction against anti-steering, and in April, the judge agreed, resulting in an order for Apple to stop imposing restrictions on alternative payment solutions and collecting payment from such methods.
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