New lawsuit claims Apple withheld billions from developers by defying US court order

Following last week’s ruling in the Epic Games case, Apple has been hit with yet another lawsuit. The new class-action lawsuit claims that app developers could have added external links for purchases and avoided paying unnecessary commissions to Apple if the company had complied with an injunction issued by a US court over the past 15 months or so.

The lawsuit was filed by law firm Hagens Berman on behalf of the developers of Pure Sweat Basketball, an app used by professional basketball players. The developers had previously included external links for payments, but Apple forced them to remove those.