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Apple demanded hugely sensitive Steam data as part of its legal battle with Epic

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<p><a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/aapl/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Apple[/url] might position itself as the champion of privacy when it comes to personal data, but court records showed that the company demanded hugely sensitive data from game distribution service <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/steam/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Steam[/url] to help in the battle with <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/epic-games/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Epic Games[/url].</p>
<p>The reason? Epic <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/16/18334865/epic-games-store-versus-steam-valve-pc-gaming-console-war-reimagined" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">previously criticized Steam’s cut[/url] from game developers, accusing platform owner Valve of “sucking out a huge fraction of the profits from games.” Apple wanted to understand more about Valve’s business model with Steam in order to help it make its own case for the App Store. The data that Apple demanded from Valve – which is not even a party to the case – was pretty insane…</p>
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