>it seems like the only thing Epic won here is the right to tell customers about other possible payment methods, including being able to link to external source

>it seems like the only thing Epic won here is the right to tell customers about other possible payment methods, including being able to link to external sources in order to give that information. I don't see even that as a clear win. It would be quite straightforward for Apple to require devs to mark all such notifications or links under an 'external promotions' category, and then give users the choice to disable promotional notifications. All users will disable them.