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Game and other app makers can take billions of dollars away from Apple every year with this strategy, leveraging Epic’s U.S. injunction
Read more: Game and other app makers can take billions of dollars away from Apple every year with this strategy, leveraging Epic’s U.S. injunctionWhile Apple’s new link and button rules for apps in the U.S. market are hard to overcome, there is a workaround that games fray has identified and describes in this article.
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Apple’s plan for compliance with Epic’s U.S. injunction makes only link-free promotions of alternative purchasing options viable
Read more: Apple’s plan for compliance with Epic’s U.S. injunction makes only link-free promotions of alternative purchasing options viableApple will tax purchases made on external websites at a rate of 27% (or 12% for small developers) if developers make an attempt to benefit from Epic’s U.S. anti-anti-steering injunction. An attempt that will be futile for various other reasons as well.
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Microsoft makes new push to quiz (and impeach) Sony on 10-year Call of Duty deal and to join Ubisoft’s deposition: FTC/ABK
Read more: Microsoft makes new push to quiz (and impeach) Sony on 10-year Call of Duty deal and to join Ubisoft’s deposition: FTC/ABKAs predicted by games fray, Microsoft’s lawyers filed a motion on Tuesday to reopen discovery in the FTC’s in-house proceedings concerning the acquisition of Activision Blizzard. They wish to join the depositions of Sony (February 8) and Ubisoft (possibly January 31).
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Epic’s California injunction against Apple’s anti-steering rule takes effect as Supreme Court denies both parties’ petitions
Read more: Epic’s California injunction against Apple’s anti-steering rule takes effect as Supreme Court denies both parties’ petitionsThe Supreme Court of the United States has denied both Epic Games’ and Apple’s motions for review of the decision in their App Store litigation. An injunction against Apple under California law is now taking effect.
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Steam’s new AI rules: cross-reference to ai fray
Read more: Steam’s new AI rules: cross-reference to ai frayThis article merely points to an article on (sibling site) ai fray discussing Valve’s new rules for the use of AI-generated content in games submitted for distribution via Steam.
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FTC judge puts procedure over substance as he denies Microsoft further discovery of Sony’s stance on 10-year CoD deal
Read more: FTC judge puts procedure over substance as he denies Microsoft further discovery of Sony’s stance on 10-year CoD dealThe FTC’s in-house judge denied a motion by Microsoft to require Sony to come clean on how the PlayStation maker really views the 10-year Call of Duty deal it signed in July.
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Supreme Court to consider Epic’s and Apple’s petitions on Friday (1/12): Apple argues connection with pending case
Read more: Supreme Court to consider Epic’s and Apple’s petitions on Friday (1/12): Apple argues connection with pending caseEpic Games and Apple are asking the Supreme Court of the United States to review different parts of the decision in their App Store antitrust case.
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FTC, Sony supporting each other like it’s 2023: can’t turn page on ABK, and judge curbs FTC’s fishing expedition
Read more: FTC, Sony supporting each other like it’s 2023: can’t turn page on ABK, and judge curbs FTC’s fishing expeditionNewly released documents from the FTC’s in-house litigation over Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard reflect a public-private partnership between the U.S. antitrust agency and the Japanese console maker.
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