Epic Games sues Apple before the European Commission
The developer of the video game Fornite initiated a legal process with the Apple company before the European Commission for abuse of a dominant position
Epic Games, developer of the popular video game Fortnite, filed a lawsuit against Apple before the European Commission for abuse of a dominant position through the use of “anti-competitive restrictions” in the iPhone ecosystem, as reported by the company in a statement.
Epic claims that Apple, through “a series of well-designed anti-competitive restrictions”, has not only damaged but has “completely eliminated” competition in the application distribution and payment processing segments in the iOS ecosystem, the operating system that Apple uses on its mobile devices.
“Apple uses its control over the iOS ecosystem to benefit itself while blocking other competitors and its conduct is an abuse of dominant position and a breach of the competition law of the European Union”, highlighted part of the statement of the company
The lawsuit before Brussels joins the litigation that Epic Games has initiated in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia.
Conflict between tech giants
“What is at stake is the future of mobile platforms. Consumers have the right to install applications from sources of their choice and developers have the right to compete in a fair market“, said the founder and CEO of Epic Games, Tim Sweeney.
The conflict between Epic Games and Apple began several months ago, when the creator of Fortnite enabled in the iOS version of the game a payment platform other than Apple itself, which allowed it to skip the 30 % commission that Apple imposes on the transactions. Given this, which is not allowed by Apple’s application store policies, the Cupertino company blocked Fortnite updates.
K. Tovar
Source: Xataka
