It could be the 30% apple tax has no legal reasons. A judge of the federal court of appeals of the United States would have evoked the absence of legality of this commission. Something to cheer up the crypto community and players in the NFT sector.
Apple, yet another victory against Epic Game
If you are the proud owner of a tech giant like Apple, know that you have several cards in your hands. You are free, for example, to block certain applications on the App Store. Coinbase paid for it last December.
Imposing a 30% tax on any purchase or subscription made through the same application store is also part of your possibilities.
Epic Game, publisher of the famous Fortnite game, wanted to counteract this form of revenue distribution. Thus, he sued Apple in 2020 due to Fortnite being banned from the App Store. Unfortunately, Epic Game did not win.
An article published on April 26, Decrypt revealed thatapple won his lawsuit against Epic Games. Even the United States Federal Court of Appeals, as there have been a series of appeals, ruled for a victory for the Apple brand. The said court did not actually see no form of monopoly on game applications at Apple.
” Apple won its case before the Court of 9e Circuit. Although the Court upheld the ruling that Apple’s restrictions have ‘a substantial anti-competitive effect that harms consumers’, it found that we had failed to prove our case under the Sherman Act.. »
” Fortunately, the Court’s affirmative ruling rejecting Apple’s anti-steering provisions allows iOS developers to send consumers directly to the web to do business. We are working on the next steps. »
Removal of the 30% tax, what impact on the cryptosphere?
last october, the presses reported that Apple’s 30% tax will also apply on NFT transactions requiring cryptocurrencies.
However, the judges in charge of the case between the American giant and Epic Games have made a caveat that could change the game. The fact thatApple prohibits payment methods external to its App Storefacilitating the deduction of its 30% commission, would constitute a violation of California unfair competition law.
Certainly, NFT and cryptocurrency enthusiasts have their eyes on Apple. Nor would they refuse a possible revision of the 30% tax. Otherwise, nothing has changed regarding the possibility of affording bitcoins via Apple Pay.
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