“Restrictions on linking out are inextricably tied to Apple’s requirement that developers use [in-app payments] for purchases of digital content — a requirement this Court considered in detail and upheld against Epic’s challenge,” Apple said. Apple had fewer objections to in-app messages about payment outside the App Store. However, the company said it may want to “constrain their placement, format, or content,” but Gonzalez Rogers’s ruling wouldn’t allow it to do so without facing challenges in court.
