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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Josh Taylor

Apple’s claims about risk of outside payments ‘do not survive scrutiny’, Epic Games tells Australian court

Apple and Fortnite
Monday marked the start of what is expected to be a five-month Australian federal court trial in Epic’s lawsuit against Apple and Google. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

Apple’s claim that allowing outside payment systems is a security risk does not “survive scrutiny” as it already allows such options for physical goods and the “sky did not fall in”, the firm behind the popular game Fortnite has argued.

Monday marked the start of what is expected to be a five-month federal court trial in Epic’s case against Apple and Google alleging the two companies have engaged in anti-competitive and unconscionable conduct over the operation of their respective app stores and in-app payments systems.

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