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A Judge Is Expected to Approve Apple’s $100 Million Settlement With Developers
A proposed $100 million settlement —Apple’s peace offering to iOS app developers that also promises to loosen restrictions on how they can communicate with their customers — is headed for approval by U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers.
“As it stands, it seems to me like a fair and good settlement,” Gonzalez Rogers said Tuesday, telling attorneys over videoconference that she anticipates giving it preliminary approval.
The agreement arises from an antitrust class action brought by a group of iOS developers in June 2019 over App Store fees and practices that they say puts them at a disadvantage while protecting Apple’s monopoly for iOS app and in-app-product distribution services.
