TECHNOLOGY
Apple and Epic argue over how much Apple should get from purchases made outside the App Store
The VergeThursday, August 13, 2026 at 11:13 PM
RedScroll Brief
In a new filing in its long-running legal dispute with Epic Games, Apple has proposed a structure that would allow it to collect fees on digital purchases made via external links that don't use the company's in-app purchase system.
RedScroll Signal
- Impact
- High
- Category
- Technology
- Market relevance
- Moderate
- Why it matters
- Technology shifts change how people work, communicate, and build — often faster than policy can follow. In a new filing in its long-running legal dispute with Epic Games, Apple has proposed a structure that would allow it to collect fees on digital purchases made via external links that don't use the company's in-app purchase system. Secondary effects may show up in markets and supply chains linked to Apple and Epic.
Desk copy
RedScroll Briefing
Extractive editorial brief — not a reprint of the original
What happened
In a new filing in its long-running legal dispute with Epic Games, Apple has proposed a structure that would allow it to collect fees on digital purchases made via external links that don't use the company's in-app purchase system.
Why it matters
Technology shifts change how people work, communicate, and build — often faster than policy can follow.
Background
The Verge reported on this under technology. RedScroll surfaces the signal with an extractive brief — not a reprint of the original article. Read the source for full reporting.
Timeline
The Verge published: Apple and Epic argue over how much Apple should get from purchases made outside the App Store
Story is in today’s RedScroll edition. Follow the original source for updates.
Economic impact
Secondary effects may show up in markets and supply chains linked to Apple and Epic.
More on
Related stories
- If Apple sends you a push notification alerting you to a spyware attack, take it seriously
TechCrunchTECHNOLOGY
- Pocket's AI made my game ideas real. Now Meta controls the results.
Ars TechnicaTECHNOLOGY
- ‘That is not acceptable’: Judge orders Google to make rival app store installs easier
The VergeTECHNOLOGY
- Why China should reassess how it rewards young scientists
NatureSCIENCE
- EXCLUSIVE: Apple trains its own AI model for China market with Alibaba's support, sources say - Reuters
ReutersWORLD
- Apple’s Ternus Takes the CEO Reins
Bloomberg MarketsBUSINESS
Source
The Verge
Original reporting by The Verge. RedScroll provides an extractive briefing only.