'Two Goliaths': Apple labels Epic's Australian challenge to in-app purchases 'self-serving'

Federal court to decide whether Fortnite maker's case can be heard while legal action under way in US

Apple has argued that Epic Games' case against the tech giant's in-app purchase system is not altruistically trying to secure a better deal for Australian customers and app developers in the app store, but the self-serving" act of a Goliath trying to fundamentally change Apple's business model.

The popular video game Fortnite was kicked off both the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store in August after Epic bypassed the companies' in-app payment methods for their own cheaper direct billing that prevented Apple and Google taking a share.