Small reminder: Apple and the publisher of Fortnite are jostling in court. The second is accused of having overridden the iPhone's in-app purchasing system, while the first would have gone too far by preventing developers from precisely circumventing this 30% commission.
Clues to a future outcome?
Remember: just last week,Apple made headlines with its record quarterly financial results. The opportunity for the firm to validate these figures with the SEC (Security and Exchange Commission, American equivalent of our Financial Markets Authority) viaan official document, Form 10-K. However, after having gone through it in detail, we found some particularly juicy details…
Indeed, it is written in black and white: “[…our] products [may be] compared to competitors’platforms, such as Android for smartphones and tablets, Windows for personal computers and tablets, and PlayStation,Nintendoand Xbox for gamingplatforms“. In the language of Molière, this simply means that Apple considers the three best-selling home consoles on the planet as serious competitors.
Allegations which could give fodder to recent accusations from several institutions, according to which Apple favors its own services to the detriment of third-party alternatives. The behavior of Apple Arcade, which provides access to more than a hundred games for 4.99 euros per month, is particularly singled out. The App Store and its forty-one billion dollars in profits in the first half of 2021 are not to be outdone.
Previously, Cupertino was limited to competing against Google (Android) and Microsoft (Windows).
It is about “the integrity of the iOS ecosystem“
When it comes to deciding on the consequences ofrecent verdict from the Californian court, some of which are in favor of Epic Games, Apple believes that an immediate implementation of the judgment represents a serious danger for its activities. More precisely, allowing users to pay for subscriptions without going through the App Store control system would expose them to serious security and confidentiality risks.
Reuters, who was able to consult the arguments filed at the end of last week by Apple, makes it clear that this is a vehemence relating to real direct means of paying without going through iOS. The company's complaints are in fact more moderate when it simply involves informing Internet users that an external payment solution exists. But is there a real difference, when we know that in practice only a millisecond separates these two solutions?
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