Apple Inc. is seeking to delay a court order that requires the company to let App Store developers steer users to the web to purchase in-app items without paying a commission, reducing a lucrative source of revenue.

Apple has asked a federal appeals court to temporarily pause key provisions in a U.S. judge’s ruling that ordered the tech company to immediately open its lucrative App Store to more competition.

In the early days of the Apple vs. Epic Games legal battle, Apple banned the Epic Games developer account and all of Epic's titles,