United States: start of the trial between the giant Apple and Epic Games, publisher of the video game Fortnite
The Epic Games lawsuit against Apple has opened in Oakland court closed to the press due to the pandemic.
It is arguably the most important lawsuit for years in the world of the "tech industry".
The publisher of the game "Fortnite" is suing the creator of the iPhone for abuse of a dominant position due to the control of applications on its mobile platforms.
AFP - CHRIS DELMAS
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It is arguably the most important lawsuit for years in the world of the "tech industry".
It opened this Monday, May 3 in a court in Oakland near San Francisco, California: Epic Games against Apple.
The publisher of the very popular game Fortnite is suing the creator of the iPhone for abuse of a dominant position due to the control of applications on its mobile platforms.
This trial is to last three weeks and the decision could profoundly change the application market.
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Eric de Salve
The Epic Games lawsuit against Apple has opened in Oakland court closed to the press due to the pandemic.
Only the sound of the hearings was made public, but from the first minutes, the audio line was hacked by young troublemakers fans of Fornite.
In his opening remarks, the publisher of this famous online game compared Apple to a walled-in garden with a monopoly strategy to trap nearly a billion players inside its App Store: all locked in the IOS operating system with no possible way out with restrictive rules and exorbitant costs.
That's the whole point of this complaint from Epic Games kicked out of IOS after offering its players the possibility of paying inside their game by bypassing Apple's 30% commission.
In this trial, which is a bit like the App Store,
Apple CEO Tim Cook
must testify in person, but not before a popular jury.
Federal judge Yvonne Gonzales Rogers, a specialist in antitrust laws, has three weeks to decide whether the App Store constitutes an abuse of dominant position as claimed by Epic Games.
But with the brand's many possible appeals to it, this battle could go on for years.
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