Epic needs to tarnish Apple’s App Store halo
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge At the beginning of this week's Epic v. Apple trial, Apple described Epic's lawsuit as an assault" on the entire iOS philosophy. One of the iPhone and iPad's defining features is a curated ecosystem (or, from a different perspective, a walled garden). A loss for Apple could require it to allow side-loaded apps and alternative app stores, potentially including Epic's own Epic Games Store. Apple says that would damage the privacy and security that iOS is known for, making Apple spend more money to fix new problems that crop up.
Epic spent the fourth day of trial offering its counter-narrative: the iOS App Store isn't actually very good. Calling two Apple executives to the stand, Epic's attorneys took jabs at everything from the update...