Apple Inc. believed there was a “significant” risk it would fail to comply with a court order to allow mobile app developers to steer customers to payment methods outside the company’s App Store when it added a new commission for those purchases,

On Monday, while testifying in a court hearing related to the ongoing Apple vs Epic legal battle, Apple executive Phil Schiller recounted his concerns regarding the fees Apple imposes on purchases made outside the App Store.

For instance, the company had to allow sideloading in the EU, while it also changed its guidelines to let developers link to external payment methods – as long as they still pay Apple a commission. But according to Apple Fellow Phil Schiller,