Epic vs Apple: What video game company’s CEO has to say on US Supreme Court trashing case

Fortnite maker Epic Games won a case related to

Google Play

app store and Google Play Billing service. The video company, after losing once to Apple, tried to file petitions but the

US Supreme Court

denied a request to hear the antitrust dispute between the companies. Following this, the game company’s

CEO

Tim Sweeney said that the court battle against the iPhone maker is lost.

He took to X (formerly Twitter), and said in a post that with the Supreme Court denying both sides’ appeals of the

Epic vs Apple

antitrust case, the battle to get competing stores and payments on App Store is lost in the US.
“The Supreme Court denied both sides’ appeals of the Epic v. Apple antitrust case. The court battle to open iOS to competing stores and payments is lost in the United States. A sad outcome for all developers,” he said.
What it means for developers, gamers

With the Supreme Court refusing to entertain the case, the District Court’s injunction against Apple’s anti-steering rule is in effect. It means that developers can include in their apps “buttons, external links, or other calls to action that direct customers to purchasing mechanisms, in addition to IAP”.
“As of today, developers can begin exercising their court-established right to tell US customers about better prices on the web. These awful Apple-mandated confusion screens are over and done forever.” he said, targeting Apple.

Sweeney also noted that the company will continue to fight as regulators in various countries and regions are formulating rules in this regard.
“The fight goes on. Regulators are taking action and policymakers around the world are passing new laws to end Apple’s illegal and anticompetitive app store practices. The European Union’s Digital Markets Act goes into effect March 7,” he noted.
Apple may launch two App Stores
Recently, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said that Apple may split the App Store into two versions: One for the European Union (EU) to meet the requirements as per the Digital Markets Act (DMA), and the other for the US and rest of the markets.