Supreme Court rejects App Store appeal in ruling that may cost Apple billions

The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed a court order to take effect that could loosen Apple’s grip on its lucrative iPhone app store, and potentially affect billions of dollars in revenue a year.The justices rejected Apple’s appeal of lower-court rulings that found some of Apple’s app store rules for apps purchased on more than 1 billion iPhones constitute unfair competition under California law.The appeal stemmed from an antitrust lawsuit filed by Epic Games, maker of the popular Fortnite video game.Epic lo ...