Earlier today, Apple removed the famous game “Fortnite” from the App Store, claiming that the game violated Apple’s in-app payment rules. Subsequently, the game’s developer and publisher Epic Games filed a lawsuit against Apple.
Epic filed an indictment with the District Court for the Northern District of California. This lawsuit is intended to prove the monopoly of Apple’s App Store. Earlier today, Epic added its own payment processing system to the iOS version of “Fortnite”, which obviously violated Apple’s App Store policy, and Apple removed the game from the App Store on this ground .
Epic stated in the indictment: “Epic filed this lawsuit to end Apple’s unfair and anti-competitive behavior. Apple violated the law to maintain its presence in two different, multi-billion-dollar markets. Monopoly position: (i) iOS app distribution market, and (ii) iOS in-app payment processing market.
Epic is not seeking financial compensation from this court for the injuries it suffered. Epic is not seeking favorable treatment for its own company. On the contrary, Epic is seeking injunctive relief to promote fair competition in these two key markets, which directly affect hundreds of millions of consumers and tens of thousands or more of third-party application developers. “
Epic said that Apple has imposed unreasonable restrictions on the distribution of iOS apps, and the App Store is the only way for apps to enter the iPhone or iPad . Epic also accused Apple of unreasonable restrictions on iOS in-app payment processing.
Epic has no objection to Apple requiring developers to distribute applications through the App Store. However, Epic stated that it is unfair for Apple to require developers to use their payment methods. Through Apple’s own payment system, Apple receives 30% of all in-app digital product revenues, and these digital products are “Fortress Night “All business models.
Epic stated in the indictment: “Through its developer agreement and illegal policy, Apple clearly uses the App Store as a condition and uses in-app payments as a condition to allow developers to distribute apps to users, and excludes other solutions. The scheme, this is an illegal act of binding.”
Epic’s prosecution mainly relied on the “Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890” (Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890), which was a law used by the United States to break monopoly in the early 20th century. It is still the US antitrust law. Pillars. Epic claimed that Apple violated six provisions of the Act.
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