Fortnite video game is displayed on a phone.
A two-week proceeding over Apple’s practices with respect to its App Store including the insistence upon a 30 percent commission that led to ousting of Epic s Fortnite nears its conclusion.
On Monday, near the conclusion of an antitrust trial in Oakland, California that focuses on Apple s dominance over a thriving app market, U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers sharply questioned dueling attorneys.
The suit comes from Epic Games, producer of
Fortnite, which was booted from Apple s App Store last year upon its attempt to bypass the 30 percent commission that Apple takes on in-app purchases. As trial testimony has showcased, those commissions are lucrative to Apple. The computer giant has reaped $100 million just from
Apple, Epic Grilled by Antitrust Judge at Trial
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Apple needs to show iOS allows competition. while justifying locking it down
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Epic v. Apple trial will deliver a verdict on whether Apple is suppressing competition. But if you were watching Wednesday’s testimony, you could easily end up
more confused about what its App Store actually allows.
Apple says iOS users benefit from a locked-down, curated platform. It rejects “stores within stores” like the Epic Games Store, which could allegedly expose users to harmful and unvetted software. It’s also, however, fighting Epic Games’ claims that there’s no meaningful competition on its platform. So this morning, an Apple attorney grilled one of Epic’s witnesses about a slew of iOS-hosted gaming apps. The move might have helped rebut Epic’s complaints, but it also highlighted just how arbitrary Apple’s policies can seem.