“A number of entities had utilized in-commerce opportunities prior to the launch of IAP,” Forrest told the judge.
She planned to question Schiller about this, but he said in-app commerce opportunities would not have been possible before 2009.
“The launch of IAP would have increased the cost to developers of those in-commerce opportunities,” Forrest said. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers that she was blindsided when earlier this week, Apple executive Phil Schiller testified that app developers were not using their own payment processing methods on iOS before Apple launched its in-app payment (IAP) solution in 2009.
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(CN) - Apple slammed Epic Games for trying to introduce a last-minute rebuttal witness Thursday as a federal antitrust trial over Apple’s alleged anti-competitive control of its App Store draws to a close.Įpic lead counsel Katherine Forrest told U.S. If you are interested in learning more about the Apple-Epic Games lawsuit, just click here.OAKLAND, Calif. They have an open platform, and therefore have different moderation standards than the Epic Games Store.” “On the fifth day of court, however, Apple tried to turn Itch.io into a liability,” writes The Verge‘s Adi Robinson, “by telling Epic Games Store general manager Steven Allison about ‘so-called adult games’ that were ‘so offensive we cannot speak about them here.'” Allison responded by saying that “Itch.io is an incredible community for developers that we support fully. “Today, Epic is launching Epic direct payments in Fortnite on iOS, offering customers the choice of paying in-app through Epic direct payments or through Apple payments, and passing on the savings of Epic direct payments to customers in the form of lower prices.”Īpple also tried to use “offensive and sexualized” games offered on Itch.io (through the Epic Games Store) as a weapon against Epic in court. “I’m writing to tell you that Epic will no longer adhere to Apple’s payment processing restrictions,” the email said. PST on Thursday, August 13th, 2020, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney sent an email to Apple CEO Tim Cook and other Apple executives that detailed a plan to cut Apple out of payments in Fortnite on iPhone and iPad devices. “In my expert report dated February 16, 2021,” Barnes writes, “using Apple testimony and financial information available to me at that time, I calculated the App Store’s operating margin percentage to be 79.6% for each of FY2019 and FY2018.”Ĭourt filings also showed that at 2 a.m. He said Apple enjoyed high margins on the App Store. When Microsoft’s VP of Xbox business development Lori Wright was asked on May 5th, “Has Microsoft ever earned a profit on the sale of an Xbox console?” She answered, “no.”īerkeley Research Group managing director Ned Barnes was one of Epic Games’ expert witnesses. It was revealed that Xbox consoles have never been profitable for Microsoft. Several fascinating pieces of information have already been revealed in this case.
According to court documents, the businesses will argue over whether Apple’s 15% to 30% commissions for use of in-app payment systems amount to anti-competitive behavior for three weeks. The federal trial between Apple and Epic Games began on May 3rd, 2021.
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