For the last two years, Sweeney has been speaking out against Apple and Google for charging developers fees of as much as 30% – versus Epic Games Store’s 12%. Now Sweeney is trying to take on the companies in court for removing Epic’s Fortnite app after it tried to bypass their fees. — Reuters
Tim Sweeney has made a habit out of picking fights with Big Tech.
Half a decade ago, the billionaire founder of Epic Games Inc sparred with Microsoft Corp over the way the software giant treated small application developers. Now he’s launched a legal broadside against the biggest app stores in the world with a lawsuit alleging that Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google are a harmful duopoly.
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