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Last week, a federal judge gave a harsh opinion of Apple's fees for in-app transactions. Apple quickly filed an appeal for the new decision in the case with Epic Games about Apple’s anti-competitive App Store rules. Apple largely ignored the first 2021 order to dilute its in-app sales. This is because they have taken it upon themselves to interpret it differently.

The company has also said that, while it did follow the judge's initial ruling on the case, it will be challenging the decision through an announced appeal. What is not clear is whether Apple will have success if it does so: in her latest decision, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers did not spare Apple. In her ruling, she said in part: “Apple intentionally chose to violate the Court's Injunction. It did so with the specific goal of creating additional anticompetitive obstacles to artificially support the App Store's highly profitable model.”

Apple is also not saying what its legal arguments will be or what kind of case it will make in its appeal. With the case still working its way through the courts, companies like Epic Games and Spotify, that have a big presence on iOS, have quickly started to add ways to pay for their apps that do not rely on the App Store at all. The legal battle could go on for years as Apple continues to protect this huge revenue stream and its right to tax payments for sales made from the App Store.

⠀ · May 5, 2025

100 Zeros funded the marketing of the indie horror film 'Cuckoo'.

Google is starting to make its own movies and TV shows. Google has partnered with Range Media Partners, to work on projects that are geared toward younger audiences. In addition to the opportunity for product placement, the larger goal of the 100 Zeros initiative is to fund projects that have a positive view of technology and get Hollywood interested in using Google products. Business Insider thinks it would make sense for Google to push Immersive View, 3D aerial scans of the world featured in Google Maps. Veo 2, Google's AI video model, seems like a natural candidate, too. Either way, the company has a movie under its belt already: Cuckoo. Indiasocialbook has reached out to Google for comment and will update this story when we hear back. Google also shared the following post on the X blog, confirming that 100 Zeros is not a studio but rather a way to help filmmakers integrate XR and AI into their work:

Google is known for its YouTube Red Originals. This program has been ended now, but it was popular. When YouTube started YouTube Red, now YouTube Premium, it also started original content. It hired some popular YouTubers to make series and films. So far, the program has produced some hits, like Cobra Kai, that have found homes on other streaming services. But it has never been a true competitor to Netflix.100 Thieves is just another version of YouTube Red. It’s a more traditional play to produce original content and sell it to other platforms — just with a Google spin, perhaps. The article was updated on May 5 at 3:30 PM ET with a social media post by Google confirming the launch of its new production initiative.

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100 Zeros funded the marketing of the indie horror film 'Cuckoo'.