Supreme Court rejects Epic v. Apple antitrust case
by Adi Robertson from The Verge - All Posts on (#6HWYM)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Supreme Court has denied a request to hear an antitrust dispute between Apple and Fortnite publisher Epic Games. It rejected two petitions, one from each company, this morning - leaving the case largely, but not entirely, a win for Apple.
Epic v. Apple began in 2020 after Epic implemented its own payment system for Fortnite's virtual currency, bypassing Apple's commission on in-app purchases. Apple banned Epic from its iOS App Store and Epic filed a lawsuit in response, claiming the App Store - and Apple's overall walled-garden approach to iOS - violated US antitrust laws. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers rejected most of Apple's claims and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals largely affirmed the decision.
Even so, both rulings found that...