By Mike Swift and Chris Might ( August 11, 2026, 19:19 GMT | Perception) — Apple has misplaced its bid to remain the method of setting the fee on app purchases made exterior its App Retailer ecosystem throughout parallel proceedings earlier than the US Supreme Court docket, with a federal choose in California blasting the iPhone-maker for “delay, delay, delay” within the antitrust case introduced by Epic Video games. US District Decide Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers stated that figuring out the charge Apple can cost for so-called “linked-out purchases . . . .is a factual situation and that factual situation requires factual proof and proof points to be addressed—none of which might be addressed by the Supreme Court docket of the US.”A visibly impatient California federal choose stated Tuesday she’s going to deny Apple’s request to remain the method of setting a fee on app purchases made exterior its App Retailer ecosystem, agreeing with Epic Video games the method can proceed throughout parallel proceedings earlier than the US Supreme Court docket….
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