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Apple vs Epic Games legal battle: Here’s the latest update you need to know
14Apr By adminNo Comments
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Apple vs Epic Games legal battle: Here’s the latest update you need to know

[ad_1] iPhone maker Apple denied violating a court order governing its App Store and urged a California federal judge to reject a request by “Fortnite” developer Epic Games to hold it in contempt.Apple made the arguments in a filing to U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, who presided over Epic's lawsuit in 2020 accusing Apple of violating antitrust law with its tight controls over how consumers download apps and pay for transactions within them. The Apple filing criticized what it called an attempt by Epic to make Apple's “tools and technologies available to developers for free.” Epic, it said, wanted the court "to micromanage Apple's business operations in a way that would increase Epic's profitability."Epic declined to comment. Apple did not immediately respond to a...
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Gaming war: Apple retreats in Epic Games feud, allows Fortnite return in European Union
9Mar By adminNo Comments
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Gaming war: Apple retreats in Epic Games feud, allows Fortnite return in European Union

[ad_1] Under pressure from European regulators, Apple took a step back in its feud with Epic Games on Friday, clearing the way for Epic Games to put its own game store on iPhones and iPads in Europe. Earlier this week, Apple had taken steps to block Epic from starting up a store and bringing back the popular game Fortnite, which Apple removed from its App Store in 2020 after Epic broke the iPhone maker's in-app payment rules in protest.Apple's decision to open its door to Epic follows the European Union's Thursday deadline for Big Tech companies to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), a set of rules that bans Apple and Google from controlling which apps are distributed on devices with the iOS and Android operating systems. Thierry Breton, the EU's industry chief, said regulators h...
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After Spotify, Epic Games, Microsoft pans new Apple App Store rules! Know what they are saying
31Jan By adminNo Comments
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After Spotify, Epic Games, Microsoft pans new Apple App Store rules! Know what they are saying

[ad_1] Last week, Apple announced its new App Store rules after the European Union ordered it to change the way it carries on business in the region. While it allowed third-party apps for iPhones in the region, it is laying a 50 euro cents fee for app developers which is being criticised by various tech giants like Spotify, and Epic Games and now even Microsoft has criticised them. The new move by Apple potentially impacts the third-party app stores including developers and apps within them. Most recently, Microsoft reacted to Apple's App Store rules by saying, “a step in the wrong direction.” How Microsoft reacted to Apple's new App Store rulesTo comply with European Union technology requirements, Apple has announced new rules for their App store in which they will allow third-party ap...
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Google Rejected Play Store Fee Changes Due to Impact on Revenue, Epic Lawsuit Shows
23Dec By adminNo Comments
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Google Rejected Play Store Fee Changes Due to Impact on Revenue, Epic Lawsuit Shows

[ad_1] Alphabet Inc.'s Google considered changing its app store pricing model to circumvent a regulatory crackdown, but abandoned a proposal to charge a set fee per app after it became clear that could cost the company billions of dollars, according to documents released late Thursday.Google created Project Everest in 2021 to reconsider the Play Store billing model, according to the documents, which were released as part of an antitrust suit by Epic Games Inc. Google last week lost the suit brought by the maker of Fortnite when a federal jury found the tech giant abused its monopoly power over the app store. Sparked by mounting pressure from regulators and developers over Google Play's hefty 30% commission, the presentation showed the search giant was concerned about staving off what it...
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Google Play Store Deal Frustrates Critics, Will Leave Intact Heavily-Criticized Commissions
21Dec By adminNo Comments
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Google Play Store Deal Frustrates Critics, Will Leave Intact Heavily-Criticized Commissions

[ad_1] Alphabet Inc.'s agreement to pay $700 million to consumers and states and open the Google Play Store to competition will leave intact the heavily-criticized commissions the technology giant charges mobile app developers.The settlement announced in a court filing and lauded by elected attorneys general who helped negotiate it will make it easier for developers to offer apps to consumers outside Google Play and use their own payment systems. But there's a catch: the developers will still have to pay Google a service fee of as much as 26%. Sharp differences of opinion emerged Tuesday as to how much the accord will reshape Google Play's business model and benefit consumers. While some state officials heralded the deal as an end to Google's abuse of its market power, an executive at E...
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How Epic Games lost antitrust case against Apple, but won against Google | Explained
14Dec By adminNo Comments
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How Epic Games lost antitrust case against Apple, but won against Google | Explained

[ad_1] Epic Games came out victorious in the monumental legal battle against Google over the company's monopoly over the Android app marketplace and alleged the company used off-handed tactics to keep its control over the space thereby denying a fair chance for others to participate in the business on an equal footing. The San Francisco jury on Monday, December 11 unanimously delivered the decision in the Google antitrust case, deciding Google's tie between the Google Play app store and its Google Play Billing payment services was illegal, and Project Hug deals with game developers and OEMs, which dictated the distribution agreement were all noncompetitive. Now, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney has given an interview explaining the details of the lawsuit and the main reason why the company lost aga...
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What CEO Tim Sweeney said after Epic Games’ shocking win over Google in anti-trust lawsuit
14Dec By adminNo Comments
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What CEO Tim Sweeney said after Epic Games’ shocking win over Google in anti-trust lawsuit

[ad_1] In a legal showdown that had captivated the tech world because of its massive global ramifications, Epic Games, the powerhouse behind Fortnite, has emerged victorious in its antitrust battle against Google over its Play Store policies. The jury's decision, announced on Monday, found Google guilty of violating antitrust laws, marking a significant milestone in Epic's quest for fair competition in the app store landscape. Epic Games' CEO, Tim Sweeney, shared insights into the contrasting outcomes of the company's legal tussles with both Apple and Google in an interview with CNBC. Sweeney attributed the victory against Google to the revelation, especially of deleted records which made the jury deliver its decisive verdict.According to Sweeney, the alleged deletion of crucial records...
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Google’s Epic Legal Defeat Threatens $200 Billion App Store Industry
12Dec By adminNo Comments
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Google’s Epic Legal Defeat Threatens $200 Billion App Store Industry

[ad_1] Google's legal defeat at the hands of Fortnite maker Epic Games Inc. threatens to roil an app store duopoly with Apple Inc. that generates close to $200 billion a year and dictates how billions of consumers use mobile devices. The loss — handed down by a San Francisco jury on Monday — is a blow to the two companies' business model in apps, where they charge commissions of as much as 30% to software developers who typically have few other options. Epic has spent years railing against the practice and got a federal jury to agree that Alphabet Inc.'s Google unit had acted unfairly as a monopoly. The case is likely to accelerate the weakening of app store rules, which have already come under fire from regulators and lawmakers around the world.  “The dominoes are going to start fallin...
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Shocking triumph! Epic Games wins Android app store antitrust lawsuit against Google
12Dec By adminNo Comments
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Shocking triumph! Epic Games wins Android app store antitrust lawsuit against Google

[ad_1] A federal court jury has decided that Google's Android app store has been protected by anticompetitive barriers that have damaged smartphone consumers and software developers, dealing a blow to a major pillar of a technology empire. The unanimous verdict reached Monday came after just three hours of deliberation following a four-week trial revolving around a lucrative payment system within Google's Play Store. The store is the main place where hundreds of millions of people around the world download and install apps that work on smartphones powered by Google's Android software. Epic Games, the maker of the popular Fortnite video game, filed a lawsuit against Google three years ago, alleging that the internet search giant has been abusing its power to shield its Play Store from c...
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Google and Fortnite-maker Epic Games face off as Android app antitrust trial nears end
12Dec By adminNo Comments
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Google and Fortnite-maker Epic Games face off as Android app antitrust trial nears end

[ad_1] Alphabet's Google on Monday will try to persuade a federal jury in San Francisco to reject antitrust claims by "Fortnite" maker Epic Games in a case that threatens Google's app store and transaction fees imposed on Android app developers.Lawyers for the two companies are set to make their final arguments after more than a month of trial in Epic's lawsuit, which accuses Google of unlawfully scheming to make its Play store dominant over rival app stores. The lawsuit, filed in 2020, also challenges the fee of up to 30% that Google imposes on developers for in-app sales. Cary, North Carolina-based Epic, which owns the popular Fortnite multiplayer shooter game, said in the lawsuit that Google "suppresses innovation and choice" through a "web of secretive, anticompetitive agreements."G...
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