IN A NUTSHELL: The long-running Epic versus Apple fight is heading back to the US Supreme Court. It seems that five years, several appeals, a Fortnite exile, a 27% workaround fee, and a contempt finding were not enough drama for one App Store dispute.
The justices have agreed to hear Apple's appeal against a lower-court ruling that found the company in contempt of a 2021 injunction from US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers.
That order required Apple to let developers point users to payment options outside the App Store, allowing them to avoid the iPhone maker's usual 15% to 30% commission.
The company did allow developers to include external payment links, but added new restrictions and demanded a 27% commission on purchases made through those links within seven days.
Epic argued that this was not compliance. Rogers agreed, finding in April 2025 that Apple had willfully violated her order and telling the company to stop charging fees on outside purchases.
