A push by US politicians to regulate digital app stores has pitted Apple and Google against Microsoft and others in a showdown of some of the world’s biggest technology companies.
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Apple is stifling competition through its mobile app store, attorneys-general for 34 US states said.
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney may be the most enthusiastic supporter of the metaverse after Mark Zuckerberg.
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney renewed his attack on the duopoly power of Apple and Google as the world’s dominant mobile platforms.
Microsoft will allow Epic Games, Amazon.com and other firms to integrate their app stores into the technology giant’s marketplace.
Apple has blacklisted Fortnite from the iPhone maker’s popular App Store for several years until all the court appeals are done, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said on Wednesday.
Following a court judgment, Apple may have no choice but to cut the fees it charges developers to sell their apps in the App Store.
Apple’s shares inched higher on Monday after losing about $84-billion in market value in the previous session.
Android app makers suing to stop Google from siphoning up to 30% of their sales received little reassurance about their chances on Friday as a judge allowed a comparable fee charged by Apple to stand.
Fortnite maker Epic Games plans to appeal a ruling in its antitrust case against Apple after a federal judge on Friday handed down a mixed decision.