Apple Loses Bid to Pause App Store Fee Case
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A court said no to Apple. Apple wanted to stop a legal case for now. Apple wanted to wait for the Supreme Court.
The case is about money. It is about fees that Apple takes. Apple takes money when people buy things in apps. This is called a commission.
The case started with Epic Games. Epic makes a popular game called Fortnite. Epic said Apple's fees were not fair.
Apple wanted to delay the case. Apple asked the court to wait. The court said the case must go on now.
This means the fight about fees will continue. It will continue in a federal court. Apple cannot wait for the Supreme Court.
The fees are about purchases outside the App Store. These are called linked-out purchases. Developers can send users to pay outside the app.
Apple still wants money from these purchases. Epic and other companies do not agree. This is why the case is not finished.
Vocabulary10 words
- court
- a place where judges decide legal problems
- Supreme Court
- the highest court in the United States
- fees
- money you must pay for something
- commission
- money a company takes from a sale
- Epic Games
- a company that makes video games
- delay
- to make something happen later
- continue
- to keep going
- federal court
- a national court in the United States
- App Store
- Apple's shop for apps
- linked-out
- leaving an app to pay on a website
Quiz
Answer key
1. Apple cannot delay the case 2. Epic Games 3. App Store fees
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
A _____ said no to Apple.
Apple wanted to stop a legal case for now.
Apple wanted to wait for the _____ Court.
The case is about _____ that Apple takes.
Apple takes money when people buy things in apps.
The case started with _____ Games.
Epic makes a popular game called Fortnite.
Apple wanted to _____ the case.
The court said the case must go on now.
This means the fight about fees will _____.
The fees are about purchases outside the App _____.
Apple still wants money from these purchases.
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