Epic has arguedApple's walled-garden ecosystem makes it impossible to download iPhone and iPad apps from anywhere but Apple's own app store, making Apple a monopoly owner. (Fortnite was kicked out of Apple's App Store last summer for flouting Apple's rules on digital payments by directing players to its own, outside system.) By contrast, Apple has urged Gonzalez Rogers to consider the company's App Store as part of a vibrant, competitive market for video game sales. By expressing reservations about precedent, Gonzalez Rogers opened the door to arguments by Apple that giving into Epic's requests would represent a serious break from history. But at other times, Gonzalez Rogers appeared to relish her role on the cutting edge of the law.

Source: CNN May 24, 2021 23:03 UTC