Epic’s battle with Apple comes as the largest tech companies face scrutiny of their power. European regulators have also opened an investigation into whether Apple’s app store rules are anticompetitive. And in the coming days, the Justice Department is expected to sue Google over anticompetitive search practices. At the heart of Epic’s case is Apple’s and Google’s tight grip over smartphone apps in their app stores. “We came gradually to the realization that we had to fight this, not just by words, but also by really broad actions.”

Source: New York Times October 09, 2020 23:03 UTC