The Federal judge changed the rules to Apple in the lawsuit ruling under Apple's antitrust law (anti -Trust Law), which was filed by EPIC GAMES today (the original publication date is September 10).He ordered that the system could be used.
With this suspension order, games and app manufacturers have been able to avoid 30 % of Apple's 30 % commissions on the App Store for over 10 years.This fee has been billions of dollars annually to Apple.
The sentence by Judge Ivonne Gonzales Rogers in Auckland, California, has reached 185 pages.She has ruled that Apple violates the California's antitrust law.However, in this complicated antitrust law lawsuit, other important items have been ruled to support Apple.
For example, Apple supports Apple for complaints for contract violations, due to Epic preparing alternative payments to Fortnite players.In August 2020, Epic updated Fortnite in a "hot -fix (translation: emergency measure repair renewal)" and made it possible to pay on the web.This deleted Fortnite from the App Store, and Epic filed a lawsuit based on the Unauthorized Competition Prevention Law.
Similar conflicts have also occurred with Google, and Epic's antitrust lawsuit against Google is still in dispute.Epic and Apple have claimed to judge in a 16 -day trial based on testimony of more than 900 evidence and Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games and Tim Cook, Apple's CEO.
This case is an important conflict between a platform owner and a powerful game company, and it has been noted that it may determine the rules of involvement and competition in an era where huge high -tech companies and game companies are crowded.rice field.
Anyway, it costs a lot of money.
When Apple launched the App Store in 2008, a 30 % commission was set for in -app charge.Apple has received this fee for investing in the App Store and iPhone, but Epic, in effect, is a tax that sucks billions of dollars from the game industry and should be reduced.He claimed.By the way, the Epic Games Store, the EPIC's own store, costs 12%commission.Apple believes that this fee is necessary for continuous operating costs, but Epic has provided evidence that Apple has made a lot of benefits in a trial.Apple, on the other hand, could not calculate the actual profit.The court judged that it was unreliable.
Judge pointed out that EPIC's expert Ned Barnes estimated that the operating margin in Apple's App Store was 75%or more.EPIC claims that Apple fees are like a car dealer pays a commission when selling a car and a more commission every time someone puts a gasoline in a car.
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