{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Business of Apps","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.businessofapps.com","title":"The Apple vs. Epic ruling: A new era of app monetization","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"mR30PjMv9B\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessofapps.com\/insights\/the-apple-vs-epic-ruling-a-new-era-of-app-monetization\/\">The Apple vs. Epic ruling: A new era of app monetization<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessofapps.com\/insights\/the-apple-vs-epic-ruling-a-new-era-of-app-monetization\/embed\/#?secret=mR30PjMv9B\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Apple vs. Epic ruling: A new era of app monetization&#8221; &#8212; Business of Apps\" data-secret=\"mR30PjMv9B\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.businessofapps.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.businessofapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/460x300-2.png","thumbnail_width":460,"thumbnail_height":301,"description":"The mobile app space in the US just fundamentally changed. On April 30, 2025, US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled that Apple violated her 2021 injunction by continuing to restrict how developers inform users about alternative payment options. Outlined in the 80-page decision, the judge found that Apple &#8220;willfully&#8221; violated the court order &#8220;with the express intent to create new anticompetitive barriers&#8221; to maintain its revenue stream. It\u2019s the latest turn in the Epic Games v Apple legal saga, which stretches back to 2021, when a Bay Area court ruled that Apple was blocking apps from informing users about alternative payment methods, therefore violating California\u2019s Unfair Competition Law. Let\u2019s get into what this change actually means in practice for app developers. This post was"}