Epic’s case against Apple over the whole Fortnite thing might have just received its f🌊irst setback.
You might have noticed that 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Fortnite has been removed from the iOS App Store. That’s because Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite, decideﷺd to push an update that bypassed the App Store for all of Fornite’s many microtransaction purchases, cutting Apple o🃏ut of that sweet sweet 30% slice of the mobile market.
Apple, naturally, didn’t like that. So they pulled Fortnite from the App Store and told Epic to shove it. Epic, expecting this negative response, sued Apple for removing the game and for charging an outrageous 30% on every purchase made on the App Store. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Apple countersued, and now we live in a world where people are paying tens of thousands of dollars just to buy an iPhone with Fortnite pre-inst💦alled.
Epic’s plan was to take Apple to court and argue before a judge that Apple has a monopoly and it's c♎ompletely unfair that they get 30% of every dollar spent on every App Store purchase. Whiꦡch when you consider how many iPhones there are out there, okay, maybe Epic has a point.
However, Epic’s master plan may have just hit its first roadblock. According to , the judge assigned to the Epic versus Apple case is US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, and she’s previously ruled in 🍎Apple’s favor in a very similar lawsuit.
In 2013, a plaintiff took Apple to court over their 30% charge and for having a de-facto monopol🌌y. In the antitrust case, they argued that Apple was overcharging customers due to that 30%.
Judge Roberts dismissed the case, saying that the plaintiff didn't prove "allegations that they have bee🍰n deprived of lower-cost alternatives, paid higher prices for Apple-approved applications or had their iPhones disabled or destroyed."
She also said that the 30% cut that Apple takes on every purchase was merely "passed on to consumers by developers," so no judicial action was necess꧟ary.
Of course, that was seven years ago and a lot has changed since then. Plus, Epic can certainly afford the finest lawyers to argue their case to Judge Rob🌺erts. Let’s hope those arguments are super compelling since it definitely seems like Roberts is an Apple fan.
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