The federal court case in the US is being brought by Epic Games, maker of the popular video game Fortnite. Its aspirations to get bigger hinge in part on its plan to offer an alternative app store on the iPhone. Epic then sued Apple, prompting a courtroom drama that could shed new light on Apple’s management of its App Store. Estimates of Apple’s App Store revenue range from 15 billion dollars (£10.8 billion) to 18 billion dollars (£13 billion) annually. Last autumn, the judge expressed some scepticism in court before denying Epic’s request to reinstate Fortnite on Apple’s App Store pending the outcome of the trial.

Source: Irish Independent May 03, 2021 07:09 UTC