Apps developers and antitrust regulators have criticised Apple’s tight control of the iOS app ecosystem.
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Under pressure from European regulators, Apple has taken a step back in its feud with Epic Games.
Apple has stopped Epic Games from opening its own app store for iPhone users in Europe, prompting an immediate backlash.
Walt Disney Co is acquiring a $1.5-billion equity stake in Fortnite maker Epic Games.
Apple notched another victory in its long-running court battle to block Epic Games from breaking down barriers in the App Store.
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.
Apple’s App Store has left users and developers “trapped” in an anticompetitive marketplace, Epic Games attorneys said at the start of an antitrust trial in the US.
Epic Games faces an uphill legal battle against Apple in an antitrust trial starting this week, and a defeat for the maker of Fortnite could make it harder for regulators to pursue a similar case.
Apple and Epic Games have listed their CEOs as potential witnesses in a case between the iPhone maker and the videogame developer over the App Store payment system, court documents showed.
Apple has seemingly made a key concession in the battle over the smartphone giant’s market power and treatment of developers. “Seemingly” is the key word here.