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Posted by: Azya Thornton on May 2, 2025

A federal judge in California on Wednesday ruled that Apple violated a U.S. court order requiring the company to allow greater competition for app downloads and payment methods in its App Store and will be referred to federal prosecutors. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said in an 80-page ruling that Apple failed to comply with her prior injunction, which was issued in an antitrust lawsuit filed by video game maker Epic Games, Reuters reports. In her ruling, Rogers said Apple is immediately barred from impeding developers' ability to communicate with users and must stop levying its new commission on off-app purchases. Apple has denied any wrongdoing.