The court rejected Apple's request to postpone changes in the App Store

Apple's request to stay the Epic v. Apple case was denied. Judge for

in this case, Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, ruledon Tuesday that Apple must comply with the previous order by a December deadline. According to the court's ruling, Apple must allow developers to add buttons, external links or other calls to action to direct users to third-party payment platforms.

During Apple's virtual court hearing.argued that making changes to the App Store by the December 9 deadline would be “extremely difficult”. Apple's lawyer argued that "it will take months to sort out the engineering, economics, business and other issues" associated with such changes.

Meanwhile, Epic lawyer Gary Bornstein said,that Apple's request for a delay – nothing more than a tactic. “Apple doesn't do anything until it is forced to do it”, – said Bornstein during the hearing.

Apple plans to appeal the new court decision.In a statement, Apple said: “Apple believes that no additional business changes should go into effect until all appeals in this case are resolved. We intend to ask the Ninth Circuit for a stay based on these circumstances.

Source: theverge

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