Apple loses bid to stay app commission process pending US high court review
By Mike Swift and Chris May ( August 11, 2026, 19:19 GMT | Insight) -- Apple has lost its bid to stay the process of setting the commission on app purchases made outside its App Store ecosystem during parallel proceedings before the US Supreme Court, with a federal judge in California blasting the iPhone-maker for “delay, delay, delay" in the antitrust case brought by Epic Games. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said that determining the fee Apple can charge for so-called “linked-out purchases . . . .is a factual issue and that factual issue requires factual evidence and evidence issues to be addressed—none of which will be addressed by the Supreme Court of the United States.”A visibly impatient California federal judge said Tuesday she will deny Apple’s request to stay the process of setting a commission on app purchases made outside its App Store ecosystem, agreeing with Epic Games the process can proceed during parallel proceedings before the US Supreme Court....
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