Company Epic Games continues its antitrust war with Apple and expands the boundaries of the “battlefield”. Lawyers Tim Sweeney filed a complaint with the European Union about “apple“the company, accusing it of deliberately restricting free competition in the mobile platform market. The corresponding document was agreed with the Directorate General for Competition of the European Commission.
In a statement, representatives Epic Games claim that through a series of well-balanced and thoughtful decisions Apple within its closed iOS ecosystem artificially created conditions under which authors and distributors of digital content have completely tied hands – all their activities must necessarily go through systems and tools Apple…
According to Epic Games, a similar situation threatens the entire mobile market as a whole…
“The future of mobile platforms is at stake. Consumers should have the right to install apps from convenient sources, and developers should have the right to free market competition. We are not going to stand aside and watch Apple subjugate digital a space that at its core should be a free market.Under users who have to pay according to artificially inflated prices, due to the lack of competition for digital stores and micropayment systems, suffer.At the same time, developers also suffer – their wealth is given to the discretion of Apple alone, which decides who can distribute their content on the iOS platform and under what conditions, “Tim Sweeney said in a statement.
Formally, the confrontation between Apple and Epic Games began last summer. Its catalyst was the conflict of interests of both parties on the basis of the monetization of the royal battle. Fortnite… Then, recall, the developers from Tim Sweeney’s company without prior agreements with Apple implemented a new micropayment system into the game – it allowed buying premium currency bypassing the store App Storethus depriving Apple commissions for any transactions. Such a move caused a backlash from “apple“side, and Fortnite completely disappeared from the shelves App Store, and the conflict continued in the courtroom.
At the same time, over the past few months, antitrust initiatives Epic Games have grown significantly – the company initiated several separate proceedings at once in different countries, including the USA, Australia, and the UK.
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