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Epic Games versus Apple Australia ruling published – Apple calls it harmful

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/09/Epic-Games-versus-Apple-Australia-ruling-published-–-Apple-calls-it-harmful.webp?w=1500)</div><p>We last month learned that <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2025/08/12/fortnite-returns-to-the-app-store-in-another-country-after-court-ruling/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Epic Games had won[/url] 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 Australia, with the court ruling that the iPhone maker must permit side-loading and third-party payments.</p>



<p>The full reasoning for that decision has now been published – all 900 pages of it – and Apple has accused the judge of underestimating the privacy and security risks to users …</p>



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