Apple被迫更新App Store规则，允许加密和NFT应用程序链接到外部付款选项

现在，美国地方法院的裁决要求苹果更新其应用商店规则，迫使该公司允许加密和NFT应用程序开发人员将用户链接到免费的Apple费用的外部付款选项。

A U.S. District Court decision has forced Apple to update its App Store rules, now allowing crypto and NFT app developers to link users to external payment options without Apple's fees.

美国地方法院的一项裁决迫使苹果更新其应用商店规则，现在允许加密和NFT应用程序开发人员将用户链接到无苹果费用的外部付款选项。

This follows up on an April 30th ruling where the court found Apple had violated a 2021 injunction as part of its antitrust battle with Epic Games.

这是在4月30日的一项裁决中，法院裁定苹果违反了2021年的禁令，这是其与史诗般游戏的反托拉斯战斗的一部分。

In a court filing, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers found that Apple intentionally disregarded the earlier ruling. The judge described the company’s ongoing actions regarding external links and payments as anticompetitive and stated they would not be permitted to continue.

在法庭文件中，法官伊冯·冈萨雷斯·罗杰斯（Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers）发现，苹果有意无视早期的裁决。法官将公司关于外部联系和付款的持续行动描述为反竞争，并表示不允许他们继续进行。

Court Mandates Fee-Free External Links for App Store Developers

法院授权App Store开发人员的免费外部链接

The ruling explicitly orders Apple to cease imposing commissions or fees on transactions completed outside its App Store payment system. The company is also prohibited from auditing or monitoring these external transactions.

该裁决明确命令苹果停止在其App Store支付系统之外完成的交易中征收佣金或费用。还禁止该公司审核或监视这些外部交易。

Furthermore, developers cannot be prevented from including external payment links within their apps, and Judge Rogers clarified that Apple cannot dictate how developers choose to implement or display links directing users to outside payment systems. The ruling also forbids Apple from excluding specific app categories or developers from utilizing external linking features.

此外，不能阻止开发人员在其应用程序中包含外部付款链接，Rogers法官澄清说，Apple不能指示开发人员如何选择实现或显示将用户引向外部付款系统的链接。该裁决还禁止苹果排除特定的应用程序类别或开发人员使用外部链接功能。

This court decision grants developers building for the U.S. App Store more freedom, especially those working with digital assets. They can now insert buttons or links within their apps to direct users to NFT marketplaces or other crypto services for purchases.

该法院裁决授予开发人员为美国应用程序商店建造更多的自由，尤其是那些使用数字资产的自由。现在，他们可以在其应用程序中插入按钮或链接，以指导用户进入NFT市场或其他加密服务进行购买。

Platforms like the NFT marketplace OpenSea were previously severely restricted on iOS, allowing users only to browse NFTs, not buy them through external links without threat of Apple's rules.

像NFT Marketplace Opensea这样的平台以前严重限制了iOS，仅允许用户浏览NFT，而不是通过外部链接购买而没有苹果规则的外部链接。

Apple has informed developers about the mandated changes through updated App Store guidelines. Some industry watchers described the tone of Apple’s communication as reluctant, but the new rules are effective immediately.

苹果通过更新的App Store指南向开发人员告知开发人员。一些行业观察家将苹果交流的基调描述为不愿，但新规则立即生效。

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney also commented on the development and announced that Epic plans to relaunch its popular game Fortnite on the U.S. iOS App Store following the decision. Sweeney stated that Epic would drop its ongoing and future legal actions against Apple if the company applied these same rule changes globally, not just in the U.S.

Epic Games首席执行官Tim Sweeney还评论了该开发项目，并宣布Epic计划在决定后重新启动其在美国iOS App Store上的流行游戏Fortnite。斯威尼（Sweeney）表示，如果公司在全球应用这些相同的规则发生变化，不仅在美国，EPIC将对苹果公司进行持续不断的法律诉讼