Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has said that he will never agree to share revenue with Apple for external purchases linked from iOS apps, even after a U.S. appeals court ruled that Apple is entitled to charge a reasonable fee for such transactions.

It's now much easier to install Fortnite on your Android phone. Epic CEO Tim Sweeney also celebrated the Apple ruling, saying it's confirmation that the 'Apple Tax is dead in the USA.'

A three-judge panel found that the tech giant willfully violated a 2021 antitrust injunction by imposing 27% commission and restrictive link designs for non-App Store purchases

The appellate panel agreed with the trial judge that Apple's 27% commission for purchases on developers' websites had violated her 2021 injunction, though it said she went too far by ordering the tech giant to charge no commission at all.

The battle royale may rage on in Fortnite, but the real-world standoff that kept the game off major mobile app stores is finally easing. Fortnite is back on the Google Play Store, according to a post from the company on X.

Apple should be able to collect a reasonable commission on purchases made using external links included in iOS apps, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled today (via Reuters). The U.S. Court of Appeals partially reversed sanctions imposed on Apple after Apple was found to have willfully violated an injunction in the ongoing Epic Games vs.