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Australia orders Apple to open the iPhone to third-party app stores.

The court-ordered change takes effect from March 1st 2027, following similar rulings in the EU, Japan, and Brazil. Apple will have to let Fortnite back in the App Store too — one of the last holdouts after a global return — and allow developers to offer alternative payment methods. Apple told Reuters it plans to appeal. [Link: Aust court orders Fortnite back into app store | https://au.news.yahoo.com/aust-court-orders-fortnite-back-083941972.html | Yahoo News Australia]

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The court-ordered change takes effect from March 1st 2027, following similar rulings in the EU , Japan , and Brazil . Apple will have to let Fortnite back in the App Store too — one of the last holdouts after a global return — and allow developers to offer alternative payment methods. Apple told Reuters it plans to appeal.

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Thursday, October 22, 2026

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