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  "id": 15997472,
  "title": "Apple must open iPhone to alternative app stores in Australia after Epic Games ruling",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/apple-must-open-iphone-to-alternative-app-stores-in-australia-after",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-22T03:57:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "9to5Mac",
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    "url": "https://9to5mac.com/2026/10/21/apple-must-open-iphone-to-alternative-app-stores-in-australia-after-epic-games-ruling/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "An Australian federal judge has ordered Apple to make sweeping changes to its App Store rules following a years-long antitrust battle with Epic Games. Apple has confirmed that it plans to appeal. Here are the details. more…",
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      {
        "outlet": "AppleInsider",
        "title": "Australia demands Apple make DMA-like changes to App Store by March 2027",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/australia-demands-apple-make-dma-like-changes-to-app-store-by-march",
        "published": "2026-10-22T03:00:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Epic says \"Fortnite is coming back to the App Store in Australia tomorrow\" after an Australian federal judge ordered Apple to open up iOS in an antitrust case (Rhea Rose Abraham/Reuters)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/epic-says-fortnite-is-coming-back-to-the-app-store-in-australia",
        "published": "2026-10-22T05:00:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "MacRumors",
        "title": "Apple Ordered to Open iPhone to Rival App Stores in Australia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/apple-ordered-to-open-iphone-to-rival-app-stores-in-australia",
        "published": "2026-10-22T05:41:09.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}