TechFirst with John Koetsier
TechFirst with John Koetsier
John Koetsier
Billion-Dollar battle: Fortnite-maker Epic sues Apple for payments ‘monopoly’
6 minutes Posted Aug 13, 2020 at 10:08 pm.
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Epic Games, the maker of the hit multi-platform Fortnite game, has sued Apple for anti-competitive behavior, alleging that Apple monopolizes the App Store payments process and gouges developers for 30% of their revenues.

At stake is billions of dollars in revenue for Apple.

And potentially billions for Google too.

“At a market cap of nearly $2 trillion, Apple’s size and reach far exceeds that of any technology monopolist in history,” the lawsuit says.