“1,500 developers have joined together in a class-action lawsuit against Apple, and in a bizarre dispute,” we wrote last July. Now it is new The contention of the story is that Apple failed to stop the lawsuit in the United Kingdom.
Apple also has to go to court regarding the battery issue in the UK
“Not a big surprise, because the same issue was and continues to be relevant in the USA: the fees that Apple charges developers for allowing them to serve apps in the App Store,” we wrote almost a year ago as Apple finally took risks of having to pay what A total of NOK 10 billion for developers.
“The fees that Apple app developers have to pay are exorbitant, and are only possible because of their monopoly on distributing apps on iPhones and iPads. The fees are inherently unfair, and constitute abusive pricing. They are hurting app developers,” the case representative, Sean Innes, said at the time. And app buyers too,” the contention being that developers don’t need to register to get a refund if they win.
Apple's lawyer, Daniel Pychynin, argued last January that developers were not entitled to money in the UK if it was not obtained through sales in Apple's UK App Store. The trial is expected to begin next year.
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