Monday marked the start of what is expected to be a five-month Australian federal court trial in Epic’s lawsuit against Apple and Google.Monday marked the start of what is expected to be a five-month Australian federal court trial in Epic’s lawsuit against Apple and Google.
In opening submissions regarding the case against Apple, Epic Games’s barrister Neil Young said both of these justifications do not “survive scrutiny”. He said this was done because it suits Apple, because Apple cannot control the actual delivery of physical goods. On app installation, Young pointed to Apple’s operating system for its desktop and laptop range MacOS, which allows people to directly install software from the internet without going through the app store.
“The same security measures could be applied in circumstances where alternative distribution sources are available,” Young said.Young said Epic had predicted the development of the in-app payment system in Fortnite would have led the company to be kicked off the stores, and it resulted in Epic challenging the legality of the regimes.