The Epic Games/Apple antitrust trial started with kids screaming and creating chaos If you are going to hold a public hearing via teleconference, it might be a good idea to start with everyone muted on May 3, 2021, 14:33 Facepalm: How much noise can an empty courtroom make? A lot! As anybody who has participated in a Discord voice channel can tell you, trying to hear anything of relevance is impossible when 100 people are trying to put their two cents in all at once. The judge at the hearing between Epic Games and Apple learned this lesson the hard way this morning.