核心观点 - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney在与苹果的五年法律斗争中获胜 法院裁定苹果必须开放其App Store 允许更多竞争和支付方式 并取消对美国开发者通过外部渠道进行支付的27%抽成 [1] - Fortnite将重返iOS平台 标志着Epic Games的重大胜利 [1] 法院裁决与苹果回应 - 美国第九巡回法院驳回了苹果的暂缓执行请求 Sweeney称"苹果税"时代结束 [2] - 苹果表示将遵守法院裁决 但计划提出上诉 未立即回应裁决对即将召开的WWDC大会的影响 [3] - 苹果在博客中为其全球App Store生态辩护 称2024年促成了1.3万亿美元的开发者账单和销售额 其中90%的交易开发者无需向苹果支付佣金 [4] App Store运营数据 - App Store每周吸引超过8.13亿全球访问者 自2019年以来数字商品和服务、实体商品和服务以及应用内广告支出增长超过一倍 [5] - 应用内广告支出的增长帮助保持了许多应用对用户的免费或低成本 [5] 未来展望 - Sweeney预期App Store将进入更平等的新时代 用户将能自由了解开发者的更好交易 开发者可告知用户外部支付方式并提供更优惠价格 [6] - Sweeney希望苹果能通过竞争改善对开发者的条件 提供比30%更优惠的抽成比例 [6]

Microsoft has backed “Fortnite” video game maker Epic Games in its legal battle with Apple – alleging in a new court filing that the Tim Cook-led tech giant has “stymied” its own efforts to create an Xbox mobile store.In an amicus brief filed late Tuesday in California federal court, Microsoft said Apple’s restrictions had prevented it from “launching its own online store” and argued the injunction against Apple should be enforced even during the appeal process.“The district court’s injunction allows Apple ...

核心观点 - Epic Games旗下游戏Fortnite在移除五年后重返美国App Store [1] - 此次回归源于Epic与苹果长期法律纠纷的最新进展 [1][2] - 苹果正对法院裁决提出上诉并试图延缓执行相关变更 [4] 法律纠纷进展 - 2020年Fortnite因绕过苹果支付系统被下架 苹果收取30%佣金 [1] - 上月法院裁决禁止苹果对跳转支付链接收取佣金或限制其样式 [2] - 法官本周要求苹果说明延迟审批Fortnite的原因或与Epic达成解决方案 [3] 行业影响 - 亚马逊和Spotify等公司已根据裁决更新应用 支持跳转购买功能 [4] - 在欧盟 Epic通过第三方应用商店提供Fortnite 依据《数字市场法案》 [6] - 苹果曾试图终止Epic欧盟开发者账户 后撤回决定 [6] 财务数据 - 苹果服务业务季度收入达270亿美元 包含应用商店佣金等 [7] - 应用商店费用构成服务业务重要组成部分 涵盖广告和订阅服务 [7] 审批流程 - Fortnite重新上架需通过苹果App Review审核流程 [2] - 苹果自5月9日起拖延审批 Epic上周提起法律挑战 [3]

This illustration picture shows a person waiting for an update of Epic Games' Fortnite on their smartphone in Los Angeles on August 14, 2020.Apple must work out its latest issues with Epic Games — or else head back to court to prove it has a legal basis for delaying the restoration of the popular Fortnite game to its iOS App Store, a judge ordered on Monday.Fortnite recently re-submitted its game but was blocked by Apple, Epic Games said Friday. Apple said in a statement on Friday that it did not remove For ...