Apple Bars Epic Games’ iOS Store Launch in EU, Sparking Legal Tussle
Apple vs. Epic Legal Saga: Dispute Over App Store Commission Fees Continues
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Apple’s antitrust suit is a silver lining for Epic Games
The Department of Justice and 17 state attorneys general filed a massive lawsuit against Apple on Thursday morning, accusing the company of monopolistic smartphone practices. Meanwhile, Fortnite maker Epic Games has been accusing Apple’s iOS App Store of antitrust violations for years in an ongoing, arduous legal battle.
Epic is never named explicitly in the 88-page lawsuit, but the gaming company’s complaints are echoed across extensive discussion of the App Store’s anticompetitive practices.
“Apple often enforces its App Store rules arbitrarily,” the suit says. “And it frequently uses App Store rules and restrictions to penalize and restrict developers that take advantage of technologies that threaten to disrupt, disintermediate, compete with, or erode Apple’s monopoly power.”
Epic’s core complaint about the App Store is that developers must cede 30% of in-app purchases to Apple. And unlike Android devices, iPhones do not allow for sideloading apps, meaning that Apple has control over any app in its App Store. For almost a decade, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney has been a staunch critic of the revenue cut,
Apple prevents Fortnite maker Epic Games from launching its own iOS store in the EU
Apple and Epic have been embroiled in a legal battle since 2020 over the iPhone maker’s practice of imposing commissions of up to 30 percent on in-app payments. Devamını Oku