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Epic Games lawsuit: Academics from Harvard, Stanford, UCL, and more testify against Apple

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<p>The <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/epic-games/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Epic Games[/url] lawsuit continues in the form of written testimony ahead of the trial next month. Epic has presented expert arguments from a number of academics from prestigious colleges as it makes its <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/antitrust/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">antitrust[/url] case against <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/aapl/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Apple[/url]. In particular, the experts took issue with Apple’s claim that <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2021/04/27/apple-reinforces-that-app-store-was-built-to-protect-users-as-trial-against-epic-approaches/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">the primary role of the App Store was to protect users[/url].</p>
<p>The academics make the case that it’s possible to have a monopoly on access to iOS apps despite the existence of a competing smartphone platform; that Apple gives its own apps an unfair advantage; that security of apps is just a pretext for blocking competing app stores; that Apple’s cut reduces app sales; and more… </p>
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