In giving her decision, the judge did not find that Apple had a monopoly and did not agree that Apple had to support alternative app stores on iOS … something Epic wanted as it has long-term ambitions to launch the Epic Games Store for iPhone and iPad.Īpple can also continue to block Fortnite from the App Store for its terms of service violations, and it is also not required to reinstate Epic Game’s developer accounts. However, Epic is appealing as it wanted more. However, Epic did successfully get the judge to agree that Apple needs to remove anti-steering provisions around In-App Purchase and allow companies to direct their users to alternative payment systems outside of the app. The judge found in favor of Apple in 9 out of 10 ten counts. On Friday, the judge delivered her verdict, several months after Epic and Apple executives waged war in the court trial. As expected, Epic Games has today filed a notice of appeal in the case against Apple over App Store policy.
