Epic Games' move last month to offer a direct payment option for Fortnite mobile players, bypassing Apple's App store payment function and Apple's cut of the revenue amounted to 'malicious and/or fraudulent misconduct.'
Epic argued that it must charge – and consumers must pay – higher prices on Apple and Google devices, in its suit. Apple, Epic says, has set"unreasonable restraints" over in-app payments. "Apple has become what it once railed against: the behemoth seeking to control markets, block competition, and stifle innovation," the suit says.
"While Epic and its CEO take issue with the terms on which Apple has since 2008 provided the App Store to all developers, this does not provide cover for Epic to breach binding contracts, dupe a long-time business partner, pocket commissions that rightfully belong to Apple, and then ask this Court to take a judicial sledgehammer to one of the 21st Century’s most innovative business platforms simply because it does not maximize Epic’s revenues," the filing says.
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