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Epic attorney Yonatan Even is flipping through pages of Google’s economist’s report that we haven’t yet seen in court — and flipping some numbers on their head. If only 19 percent of US devices have ever enabled Unknown Sources, doesn’t that mean 81 percent have never enabled it? Gentzkow says that’s right. It’s as high as 85 percent in Japan, and 75 or 76 percent in Germany that haven’t enabled the ability to sideload apps, not once, ever. He also repeated a successful move E...

By Tim Higgins and Sarah E. Needleman Epic Games Inc.s courtroom battle against Apple Inc. is expected to end Monday with a debate-style format in which the judge will drill each side with...

Apple wants users to trust iOS, but it doesn’t trust iOS users Share this story Epic v. Apple trial : explaining why the Mac’s security wasn’t good enough for the iPhone. Mac computers have an official Apple App Store, but they also allow downloading software from the internet or a third-party store. Apple has never opened up iOS this way, but it’s long touted the privacy and security of both platforms. Then Epic Games sued Apple to force its hand, saying that if an open model is good e...

By Sarah E. Needleman The second week of the trial between Epic Games Inc. and Apple Inc. has centered on expert-witness testimony debating whether smartphones are interchangeable with other...

Epic fights Apple in court by playing Candy Crush Expert testimony continues Share this story Sometimes I reflect on my life and wonder where I went wrong, such that I am sitting on a wooden pew in federal court, watching a Google search for Candy Crush Saga on the display monitor. This is a huge trial with major stakes for tech companies. It is also a crashing bore. On the stand is Lorin Hitt, professor of operations, information, and decisions at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton, looki...

A man leaves an Apple store in Beijing, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — With much of the antitrust fight between Apple and Fortnite maker Epic Games centering on consumer choice and convenience, the warring tech giants trotted out dueling experts Thursday to quibble over whether computers and consoles are meaningful substitutes for iOS gaming and digital transactions.  The dispute started when Epic Games introduced a “hotfix” to the iOS version of Fort...

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How easy would it be for customers to depart the walled garden, legal eagles ask economist Matthew Hughes Fri 14 May 2021 // 17:18 UTC Share Copy Epic Games lawyers had a chance to put Apples expert witness through the wringer in the latest from its California bench trial. Counsel for Apple called to the stand Lorin Hitt, an academic from the prestigious Wharton Business School in Pennsylvania. Hitt – who had been selected as expert witness for Apple – questioned whe...