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Apple refutes all of the DoJ’s antitrust claims

Ryan Daws — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 16:51:22 +0000

Apple has firmly rejected the US Department of Justice’s (DoJ) antitrust claims, dismissing them as either outdated or misrepresentations of the company’s business model. The DoJ’s antitrust lawsuit against Apple alleges that the tech giant has violated Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act on multiple fronts, including imposing restrictive contracts and commissions on developers,... Read more »

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Epic to launch iOS and Android store with controversial 12% cut

Ryan Daws — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 16:04:00 +0000

In the ongoing saga of tech giants battling over App Store fees and policies, Epic Games is being accused of hypocrisy as it attempts to introduce its own 12 percent commission store. The gaming company – joined by heavyweights like Meta, Microsoft, X, and Match Group – is protesting against Apple’s handling of App Store... Read more »

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App Store antitrust case is ‘firing on all cylinders’

Ryan Daws — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 15:18:57 +0000

Jonathan Kanter, the head of the Department of Justice’s antitrust unit, is intensifying the case against Apple over its App Store policies. According to the Financial Times, Kanter – who assumed the role in November 2021 – has stated that the investigation is now “firing on all cylinders.” For years, regulators, businesses, and enforcers have... Read more »

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Developers sue Apple over ‘excessive’ App Store fees

Ryan Daws — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 11:19:54 +0000

More than 1,500 developers in the UK have banded together to sue Apple, alleging that the tech giant’s App Store fees are “excessive” and harmful to both developers and consumers. The class-action lawsuit, led by Sean Ennis, a professor at the University of East Anglia Centre for Competition Policy and a former OECD economist, is... Read more »

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Appeals court upholds majority of Apple’s App Store policies

Ryan Daws — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 17:23:50 +0000

On Monday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the majority of Apple’s App Store policies and security restrictions in the antitrust lawsuit against Epic Games. The ruling reaffirmed that Apple’s App Store and its security measures did not violate antitrust laws. However, the court also found that Apple couldn’t maintain anti-steering policies that barred... Read more »

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Judge rejects Apple’s bid to dismiss lawsuit by Cydia’s creator

Ryan Daws — Mon, 30 May 2022 16:57:28 +0000

California District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers has denied Apple’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit brought against the company by Cydia’s creator. Cydia was a third-party app store which, as you will be well aware, is officially a no-no in Apple’s books. The store was popular among the “jailbreak” community and even pre-dates the official App... Read more »

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Class-action lawsuit could force Apple to compensate users for app prices

Ryan Daws — Tue, 11 May 2021 10:37:51 +0000

A class-action lawsuit filed in the UK wants to force Apple to compensate users for potentially inflated app prices. Until recently, Apple took a 30 percent commission on all app sales. Most app developers feel the cut is unjustifiable and critics believe that it’s an abuse of Apple’s market dominance. Apple claims the legal action... Read more »

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Epic Games takes its Apple antitrust lawsuit across the pond

Ryan Daws — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 16:37:28 +0000

Clearly unhappy with the lack of progress it’s making in the US, Epic Games is also launching its antitrust lawsuit against Apple in the UK. Apple removed Epic’s hit game Fortnite from the App Store last year for using its own billing system rather than Cupertino’s own—thus evading the 30 percent cut taken by the... Read more »

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Epic calls out Apple in ‘Nineteen-Eighty Fortnite’ video following App Store removal

Ryan Daws — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 13:47:00 +0000

Epic Games has released a 1984 (or “Nineteen-Eighty Fortnite”)-style parody of Apple’s own famous video after Fortnite was removed from the App Store. Apple removed the hit game after Epic attempted to circumvent the App Store’s built-in payment systems. Not long after, Epic started the #FreeFortnite campaign and released this video: Epic is among the... Read more »

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