What’s the latest in the Epic Games v Apple stoush?

Epic Games - maker of Fortnite - has been firmly embroiled in this stoush already for years. Epic sued Apple in 2020 after the game company introduced its own payment system into Fortnite, which broke Apple's rules and ultimately got the company banned from the App Store.

A ruling in the US in April decided Epic had not shown that Apple has monopoly power… but despite this, the fight is still ongoing here in Australia, with linked proceedings against Google, as well as parallel developer and customer class actions against the tech companies headed for a sixteen-week trial beginning in March 2024.

Today Sascha is joined by Capital Brief correspondent Laurel Henning to ask ‘what’s the latest in this fight between Apple and Epic Games?’

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