The legal system moves slowly, but the opening round of the main event is at hand.
Epic’s basic allegations boil down to that Apple’s 30% commission for sales to Apple customers cannot be explained by anything other than that Apple is using monopoly power to make consumers pay more than they should and to drain profits from software developers like EPIC by:
Using technology to block sales to Apple device owners outside Apple ‘s App store
Banning from Apple’s devices all products of developers who work around the technical roadblocks
Charging an unjustifiable 30% commission for sales through Apple’s App Store
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CARY - Vivek Sharma, vice president of gaming at Facebook and a noted critic of Apple's app store business, is no longer listed as a witness for the Epic Games
Apple is one of the most renowned mobile phone companies around the world and since the company has an established name it also has its own established rules. Rules which do not sit well with some other companies and are a sole reason as to why they fight Apple over it.
We all are aware of the ongoing conflicts between Apple and Epic Games, firstly for the reduction of marketplace fees for developers on the App Store and then later when it did not obey Apple’s policy on asking user consent for taking and storing data because of which Fortnite was banned on the App Store. But that is not all because now Epic Games have come up with another court filing against Apple opening a new case focusing on the Apple feature of iMessages exclusively.