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Apple court filing claims Epic’s ‘Fortnite’ setup is like shoplifting – Yahoo Finance Australia
“If developers can avoid the digital checkout, it is the same as if a customer leaves an Apple retail store without paying for shoplifted product: Apple does not get paid.”
Apple has asked a court not to temporarily reverse the App Store ban the company issued to Epic Games shortly after it broke its developer guidelines by accepting direct payments through Fortnite (via Axios). Apple argues the current predicament Epic finds itself is one it brought upon itself. “In the wake of its own voluntary actions, Epic now seeks emergency relief,” the company says in the legal brief. “But the ’emergency’ is entirely of Epic’s own making.”
In a separate declaration, Apple F…
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