Apple violated injunction in antitrust case, judge finds

A federal judge has strongly rebuked Apple, finding that the iPhone maker willfully violated a court injunction in an antitrust case filed by "Fortnite" maker Epic Games.

U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers had ordered Apple to lower the barriers protecting its previously exclusive payment system for in-app digital transactions and allow developers to display links to alternative options. On Wednesday, she found that Apple violated a 2021 injunction that, she wrote, sought to "restrain and prohibit the iPhone maker's anticompetitive conduct" and pricing.

"Apple's continued attempts to interfere with competition will not be tolerated," Gonzalez Rogers wrote in Wednesday's ruling, which held Apple in contempt.