Apple reveals line of attack in app store trial against Epic Games
By Bloomberg
By Malathi Nayak, Vlad Savov
Apple plans to argue at a trial that developers and consumers will suffer if Epic Games succeeds in upending how the iPhone maker s app marketplace is run.
Apple presented a California federal judge on Thursday with a road map of how it will push back against Epic in a high-stakes antitrust fight over how much the App Store charges developers. The filing comes ahead of a May 3 trial before the judge with no jury.
In a summary of its legal arguments, Apple contends the 30% commission it charges most developers isn t anticompetitive as it s a typical fee across other mobile and online platforms. Moreover, the company argues taking a share of the revenue is justified by the billions of dollars it has invested in developing the proprietary infrastructure that underpins its App Store, including software development kits and application programming interfaces.
Apple Plans to Skip App Store Hearing, Drawing Ire From Senators
Anna Edgerton and Mark Gurman, Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) Apple Inc. is refusing to participate in an upcoming Senate hearing about anti-competitive practices at online app stores, according to a letter addressed to Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook from Democrat Amy Klobuchar and Mike Lee, a Republican.
The letter says the Cupertino, California-based company declined to send a witness for an upcoming hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committeeâs antitrust panel to examine allegations of anticompetitive treatment of outside app developers.
Klobuchar and Lee, the panelâs chair and ranking Republican, noted that the vast majority of mobile apps are downloaded from Apple and Alphabet Inc.âs Google platforms. Google has agreed to provide a witness for the hearing, but hasnât said who, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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