Apple Faces Legal Protest From Meta, Microsoft, X, Spotify and Match


Meta Platforms、微软、X、Spotify和Match Group已提交法律请愿书，抗议苹果公司的应用商店政策，反对这家科技巨头履行一项联邦法院裁决的方式。


这些科技公司正在抗议苹果公司对应用商店以外的支付收取佣金的计划。

Meta Platforms、微软(Microsoft)、X、Spotify和Match Group已提交法律请愿书，抗议苹果公司(Apple)的应用商店政策，反对这家科技巨头履行一项联邦法院裁决的方式，该裁决要求苹果公司允许使用其他支付选项。 6park.com
Meta Platforms, Microsoft, X, Spotify and Match Group filed legal petitions protesting Apple’s AAPL 1.47%increase; green up pointing triangle app store policies, objecting to how the tech giant has complied with a federal court ruling that ordered Apple to allow alternative payment methods. 6park.com
    
这五家公司在苹果应用商店中拥有一些最热门应用，它们与《堡垒之夜》(Fortnite)游戏的开发商Epic Games一道，抗议苹果公司对应用商店之外的付款收取佣金的计划。 6park.com
The five companies, which have some of the most popular apps on the app store, join “Fortnite”-maker Epic Games in protesting Apple’s plan to charge a commission for payments made outside the app store.  6park.com
    
这一申诉凸显出，苹果的竞争对手和其他科技公司打算在多大程度上继续努力，迫使苹果放松对第三方软件的严格控制。苹果公司对在其应用商店内购买服务或一次性收费类应用收取最高达30%的佣金，开发者认为这一比例过高。苹果为其收取佣金的权利进行了辩护，称其投资了保护用户隐私和安全的措施。 6park.com
The briefing underscores the extent to which Apple’s rivals and other technology players intend to continue fighting to force the iPhone maker to loosen its tight controls over third-party software. Apple charges up to a 30% commission for purchases in the app store for services or one-time fees, a rate that developers say is too high. Apple has defended its right to charge the fees and said it invests in privacy and security measures that protect users. 6park.com
    
今年1月，苹果公司宣布了允许开发者在其应用商店之外处理购买行为的计划，但该公司表示，在这种情况下将收取27%的佣金。这招致了软件开发者的强烈批评。苹果公司出台该新政策之前，美国最高法院不予受理该公司对2021年一项裁决的上诉。该裁决命令苹果公司允许软件开发者引导用户以其他方式支付服务费，或去苹果应用商店以外的应用购买。对消费者来说，其中一些替代方案的价格更低。 6park.com
Apple in January announced plans to allow developers to process purchases outside of its app store, but the company drew sharp criticism from software-makers when it said it would charge a 27% commission in such cases. The new policy came after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear appeals of a 2021 ruling that ordered Apple to allow software makers to direct users to alternate ways to pay for services or apps outside the app store. Some of those alternatives are cheaper for consumers.  6park.com
    
本月早些时候，Epic向北加州联邦地区法院提交了一份请愿书，要求负责审理2021年案件的美国联邦地区法官Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers执行她的裁决。Rogers此前说过，她将关注苹果公司如何履行她的命令，也可能在某个时候决定修改其裁决。 6park.com
Earlier this month, Epic filed a petition in the Northern California District Court asking U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, who oversaw the 2021 case, to enforce her decision. Rogers has previously said she would be watching how Apple complies with her order and could decide at some point to amend her ruling.  6park.com
    
Meta、微软、X 和Match Group在周三联名提交的一份法律意见书中声称，苹果公司的应对措施基本上没有改变关于软件开发者如何引导用户使用其他选项的现行规则。这些公司还表示，苹果公司对应用开发者施加了新的限制。 6park.com
In a joint amicus briefing filed Wednesday, Meta, Microsoft, X and Match Group argue that Apple’s response essentially leaves in place the existing rule governing how software makers steer users to alternative options. It also says that it places new restrictions on app developers. 6park.com
    
该公告称：“苹果公司的计划既未履行该法院裁决的规定，也未履行其精神。”Spotify在另一份公告中写道：“苹果的行为表明，该公司无意遵循这一法院命令。” 6park.com
“The Apple Plan comports with neither the letter nor the spirit of this Court’s mandate,” the filing says. In a separate filing, Spotify wrote that “Apple’s conduct shows that it has no intention of complying with this Court’s directive.”


一箱箱文件抵达法院。

该裁决称，苹果公司不能阻止开发者添加其他支付方式的按钮或链接。该法律意见书表示，苹果公司只给开发者一个外部链接选项，而这个链接仍受到严格控制。法律意见书称：“根据苹果公司的计划，即使有关替代选项的最基本信息也仍然被禁止提供。” 6park.com
The ruling said Apple couldn’t prevent developers from including buttons or links to alternate payment methods. The amicus briefing says Apple only allows them one option for an external link that is still tightly controlled. “The provision of even the most basic information about alternatives remains forbidden under the Apple plan,” the briefing says. 6park.com
   
该法律意见书举例说，如果开发者想告诉客户“在我们的网站购买这项功能可享受30%折扣”，这就不行。 6park.com
If a developer wanted to say, for example, that a customer “can buy this feature at a 30% discount on our website,” it cannot do so, the briefing says. 6park.com
    
Meta在这份联名公告中辩称，该公司应有权引导用户以其他方式支付“加强推广帖子”功能。这是一种形式的广告，Facebook或Instagram用户可以通过该功能扩大其内容的影响力。苹果公司从2022年开始要求在苹果设备上购买此类帖子服务支付30%的佣金，Meta此前也试图引导用户使用其他选项。 6park.com
In the joint filing, Meta argues that it should be able to steer users to alternate methods to pay for “boosted posts,” a kind of advertising in which users on Facebook or Instagram can amplify the reach of their content. Apple began requiring a 30% commission for such posts purchased on Apple devices in 2022, and Meta has also sought to steer users to alternate options. 6park.com
    
微软表示，在苹果的新政策下，它提供订阅服务和折扣的能力受到限制。X称苹果27%的佣金是在对购买行为“征税”，并表示这让开发者不再有动机去添加外部链接。Match Group在这份文件中称，苹果的计划将影响数以千计的开发者和数以百万计的用户，并将阻碍法院改善数字交易价格竞争。 6park.com
Microsoft said it is limited in its ability to offer subscriptions and discounts under Apple’s new policy. X called Apple’s 27% commission a “tax” on purchases and said it eliminates any incentive to include an external link. Match Group said in the filing that Apple’s plan will impact thousands of developers and millions of users and will impede the court’s effort to improve price competition in digital transactions. 6park.com
    
苹果已表示，该公司完全遵守了法院的命令，并实施了一套系统，让开发者可以选择告知客户应用内外的其他购买方式。初步裁决意味着，苹果允许外部支付选项，但仍可采取措施保护用户。苹果已表示，该公司关于外部链接的新要求是保护用户隐私和安全所必需的。 6park.com
Apple has said it fully complied with the court order and has implemented a system that gives developers the option to inform customers—inside and outside of apps—of alternate purchasing methods. The initial ruling suggests that Apple allow external payment options but could still take steps to protect users. Apple has said that its new requirements related to external links are necessary to protect user privacy and security. 6park.com
     
有法律专家认为，苹果所做出的改变表面看来满足法院命令所提要求，尽管Rogers可能认为苹果的改变不符合她所做裁决的意图。 6park.com
Legal experts have suggested that Apple’s changes appear to satisfy the requirements set out in the order, although Rogers could find that they don’t comport with the intent of her ruling. 6park.com
    
苹果正面临美国司法部的一项调查；司法部可能很快就会对该公司的商业行为提起反垄断申诉。据《华尔街日报》(The Wall Street Journal)报道，这项调查始于2019年，内容涉及苹果对其设备上移动第三方软件的管理政策，这一直是批评的焦点。 6park.com
Apple is facing an investigation by the Justice Department, which could soon file an antitrust complaint about its business practices. The probe began in 2019 and deals in part with Apple’s policies governing mobile third-party software on its devices, which has been the focus of criticism, The Wall Street Journal has reported. 6park.com
    
苹果在遵守《数字市场法案》(Digital Markets Act)这一欧洲新法律方面也招致了开发者的类似批评。这部法律旨在迫使苹果和其他被欧洲官员视为守门人的科技平台开放其封闭的软件生态系统。根据苹果公司本月推出的合规计划，任何选择接受苹果新政的应用开发者都会面对种类繁多的新费用和限制。大多数开发者批评苹果的欧洲政策不切实际。 6park.com
Apple has drawn similar criticism from developers regarding its compliance with a new European law, called the Digital Markets Act. The law is intended to force Apple and other tech platforms European officials deem gatekeepers to open their closed software ecosystems. Apple’s compliance plan it rolled out this month was a complex web of new fees and restrictions for any app developer opting to choose the new policy. Most developers criticized Apple’s European policies as not practical.