Epic comes out guns blazing in Apple antitrust trial
Judge has to decide whether App Store is monopolising the marketplace for applications that run on its phones
San Francisco — Epic Games said Apple’s App Store has left users and developers “trapped” in an anticompetitive marketplace, as the maker of Fortnite kicked off its keenly awaited trial against the world’s most valuable company.
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney was expected to complete his testimony on the witness box on Tuesday before the company plans to call other employees to support its case against Apple. The two companies, once close allies, came out swinging at each other on Monday, the first day of a trial in which a federal judge must decide whether Apple is monopolising the marketplace for applications that run on its ubiquitous phones...
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