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Apple wins antitrust suit against Fornite-maker Epic Games
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An appeals court ruled the tech giant did not monopolize mobile gaming transactions and dismissed the Fornite maker's claims Apple blocked competition.
However, Apple did lose one claim and has now been forced to allow developers to add links in their apps, letting users purchase outside the App Store.
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Mr. Sweeney said: “Apple prevailed at the 9th Circuit Court.
“Though the court upheld the ruling that Apple’s restraints have ‘a substantial anticompetitive effect that harms consumers’, they found we didn’t prove our Sherman Act case.
“Fortunately, the court’s positive decision rejecting Apple’s anti-steering provisions frees iOS developers to send consumers to the web to do business with them directly there.
“We’re working on next steps.”
Source: CNBC
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