With Epic Games vs Apple ongoing, a US House subcommittee calls App Store a monopoly

Epic Games, maker of Fortnite, sued Apple for the way it distributes apps and mandates in-app fees. — Dreamstime/TNS

While Epic Games attempts to prove that Apple has violated federal antitrust law in a high-profile lawsuit, a much-anticipated report from a US House subcommittee calls the iPhone maker’s App Store a monopoly that reaps “supra-natural” profits and prevents competitors from entering the market.

In court against Epic Games, Apple has fought against these labels, as Epic tries to paint the technology giant as stifling competition by not letting developers access iPhone outside of the App Store and forcing developers to use Apple's in-app payment system, which comes with a 30% fee.