The maker of the smash hit game Fortnite can sue Apple in Australia for illegally wielding control over its iPhones and iPads, the Federal Court has found. Epic Games originally sued Apple in November 2020, alleging Apple’s tight control of its App Store amounted to breaches of Australian Consumer Law and the Competition and Consumer Act because Apple illegally “forces Epic (and other app developers) to only use Apple’s App Store to distribute its software applications… and to only use Apple’s payment platform for purchases of their in-app content by iOS device users”.
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