When Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers handed down her ruling in September saying the way Apple runs its iPhone and iPad App Store largely hadn’t violated antitrust laws, she included a caveat. The tech giant, she said in an order along with her ruling, must allow app developers to include links in their apps, steering people to alternative payment sites outside its App Store. This would deprive Apple of the up to 30% commission it charges for sales of digital items, such as movie subscriptions or a new look for a character in a game.
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