Epic vs Apple Lawsuit
The cluster focuses on the Epic Games v. Apple legal dispute, including Epic's challenge to App Store fees and policies, their intentional breach of terms, antitrust issues, and ongoing court battles over platform access and compliance.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Games_v._Apple
Epic is only a customer because Apple's policies forces them to be.
Epic doesn't want to be on the Apple App store. They want their own store on iOS and Android. Intentionally breaking TOS of those stores and subsequently being kicked off both platforms was already part of the plan from start.
Epic isn't negotiating with Apple. They are suing Apple.
This is quite incorrect. Epic can already demonstrate financial harm due to the 30% fee that Apple has been collecting. They did not also need to break the agreement in order to bring the lawsuit. The judge literally recommended they cure the breach and put Fortnite back on the App Store while the lawsuit was pending.
Cuz when u have as much market power as Apple, you don’t really have a choice in granting someone market access to your platform. A refusal is potential grounds for a antitrust case. Assuming ofcourse, epic stays within the lines of apple’s other rules which hasn’t been challenged in court.
[dupe] / Related:Epic plans to contest Apple's 'bad-faith' compliance with ruling over App Storehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39033686US developers can offer non-app store purchasing, Apple still collect commissionhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39020365
They can't. This is another attempt by Epic at gaining public sympathy for intentionally breaking the terms of their licensing agreement with Apple to publish on the app store.
It's linked from TFA in the More section.https://9to5mac.com/2024/03/08/apple-threaten-epic-illegal/
No they wouldn’t. They already run their own store where they take 12%. Tim Sweeney has been a vocal supporter of open platforms/markets for many years. This action is costing Epic TONS of money. In no way does it make financial sense whatsoever. If you read the internal Epic documents from this case, it becomes quite clear that this is Tim Sweeney’s personal crusade against Apple.