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We're Still Doing Apple v. Epic?!? MOSK: 04.29.2026

Mac OS Ken

Ken Ray

Technology

4.7995 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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- 9th Circuit Un-Stays Stay on External App Commissions in Apple/Epic Case - UBS Raises Apple Target, Keeps "Neutral" Rating - Apple's Weather App for iOS Down for Some on Tuesday - Apple Vision Pro Key Part of Cataract Surgical Practice - Apple TV Picks Up Six Gotham Award Noms - Apple TV Quizzes Subscribers on the Service - Season-Four of "Ted Lasso" Kicks Off in August - Apple TV Welcomes Viewers to "Widow's Bay" - Sponsored by Copilot Money: Get a two month free trial with Offer Code MACOSKEN at copilot.money/macosken - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

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0:00.0

This is MacOS Ken.

0:08.8

Unstaying a stay in the epic Apple suit, an interesting use case for Apple Vision Pro, and a return date for Ted Lasso.

0:17.8

It is Wednesday, the 29th of April, 2026.

0:21.5

I'm Ken Ray, and this is news from MacOS Ken.

0:26.4

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0:31.2

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0:34.3

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0:42.7

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0:50.0

Find out more and add your support at patreon.com slash macOS can.

0:58.8

Are you keeping up with happenings in the Apple v. Epic case? If so, would you like to explain it to me?

1:07.8

Pulling from reports in both 9-5 Mac and Apple Insider,

1:12.3

Apple and Epic went round and round about App Store sales and outside sales years ago,

1:17.6

with Apple winning on all counts save one.

1:21.1

Apple had to drop its anti-steering practices and let developers let customers know

1:25.6

that they could pay for apps and services outside the

1:28.9

App Store. Apple complied, according to Apple Insider, but, you know, still wanted to wet its beak.

1:37.2

The commission that settled on was 27%, barely budging from the App Store standard of 30%.

1:44.3

That did not look fair to the court.

1:48.1

Rather, it looked like Apple making selling outside the App Store not worth it for developers.

1:53.7

Finding Apple in contempt of its order, the court said,

1:56.8

Tell you what, how about zero commission for outside sales? After another appeal or two,

2:03.3

that was also deemed untenable. Apple and Epic were supposed to settle on a fair commission

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