See eight sketches from the pivotal Epic v. Apple trial, including portraits of Apple CEO Tim Cook, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney, and Apple executives Craig Federighi and Phil Schiller.
Epic Games claims Apple’s “rigorous” process for reviewing apps isn’t all that rigorous or secure, and exerts unfair control over developers.
The sun reflects on Apple’s Fifth Avenue store in New York in June 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
(CN) Apple and Epic Games clashed over security and privacy on their respective platforms on Friday, as an antitrust trial between the two industry titans wrapped its first week.
Epic sued Apple after it was banned from the App Store in August 2020 for breaching Apple’s strict rules in order to launch its own game store and alternative system for processing payments for in-app purchases by iPhone users.