While the recent confrontation of Apple and Epic Games is still being discussed by many experts and journalists, it is important to view the question from different angles. Despite the number of headlines over the past two weeks that pronounce Epic Games as the winner, Judge Yvonne Gonzales Rogers only sided with Epics in one of the ten counts it levelled at the iOS maker. While it did concede that Apple's restrictions against directing users to external payment systems are anticompetitive and must change, the highly criticized 30% commission fee is still there.
Lawyers David Hoppe, Richard Hoeg, and David Kesselman discussed the possible consequences of the court ruling over at GameIndustryBiz. They talked about the future of this case for both Epic and Apple, the ramifications of this case for other developers and app platforms, and what might happen to the 30% commission fee in the future.
