2023-09-27 22:35:49
In the saga that has been going on since 2020, the Epic Games formalized a request [PDF] for the United States Supreme Court to review the decision made last April by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. What she wants, in fact, is for the court to review some points of antitrust law that were crucial to the decision once morest the company. Apple.
The impasse, as we well know, began in 2021, when the trial ended in a kind of agreement, and neither party was completely satisfied. The Court of Appeals’ latest decision was seen as a victory for Apple; Proof of this was that, in August of this year, the Supreme Court decided to maintain it.
In the focus of this dispute that seems to have no end, Epic claims that Apple has too much power and is monopolizing the application market, especially with iOS and internal purchases made within apps.
In 2021, judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers declared that Apple is not a monopolist, but prohibited it from preventing developers from including links to direct users to external purchases, avoiding App Store fees.
In return, it was stated that Epic should pay Apple 30% of the US$12 million raised from the game Fortnite between August and October 2020, in addition to 30% of all revenue raised between November 2020 and the date of the trial, with interest and correction.
Apple argued that App Store policies are essential to user privacy and security and that competition is possible through alternative means, such as websites (web apps). As for the new chapter in the saga, Epic will have to wait and see if the light turns green for another round of this clash once morest Apple.
via The Verge
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