Developer sues Apple to claw back commission payments

A developer of mobile sports apps has filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Apple, seeking to recover commissions iBiz allegedly collected in violation of a federal injunction intended to allow developers to use alternative payment systems. The complaint [PDF], filed on May 2 in California Northern District Court by …

[xyz123]

Simple solution.

tell apple they have 30 days to pay ALL the incorrect fees back OR the court will order them to turn over the payment data and pay 100x the value to each developer.

[Brewster's Angle Grinder]

They should certainly do that. But very few people took up Apple's offer because the net cost of using an external payment service was greater than staying with Apple. Throw in the admin and the possibility of the scare screens cutting sales, and It made no sense to do it.

[Anonymous Coward]

Seems like the reason external payment services being just as expensive is that their cut would be on top of Apple's 27%. Whereas if the external payment service "only" takes 10%, then developers would likely use those instead of Apple's 30%.

I could see a 1% cut for Apple even if using external payment services, just to reimburse them for the cost of having the app on the app store. But over 5% is ridiculous, much less 27%.

[Grindslow_knoll]

outright lied under oath

Isn't that something that VP would be personally and criminally liable for?

Or is this a class issue where, if you have an MBA and work for FAANG, you can lie under oath?

My legalese is at best informed by search and grimy crime shows, but the word perjury comes to mind?

Rather than fines, if executives are held personally liable, would that not change behavior?

[Richard 12]

Re: outright lied under oath

I believe that is indeed the case, hence the referral for criminal contempt.

Civil contempt is just money, so they won't care about that as Apple have all the money.

[Sam Shore]

Re: outright lied under oath

The problem with referring it to the DOJ is that Trump could pardon him. Trump can’t pardon Civil Contempt tho.