Apple's 'hands-off' approach with Roblox draws focus in DOJ antitrust probe - The Information


FILE PHOTO The Apple Inc logo is shown outside the companys 2016 Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco California U.S. June 13 2016. REUTERSStephen LamFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: The Apple Inc logo is shown outside the company's 2016 Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, California, U.S. June 13, 2016. REUTERS/Stephen Lam/File Photo

(Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors are looking for instances in which Apple Inc is unevenly enforcing rules for app developers such as gaming firm Roblox and some others, the Information reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is probing key revelations from the antitrust trial between Apple and Epic Games in May, according to the report, in which the "Fortnite" maker had argued that Apple had given a free pass to Roblox, whose app lets people pick from a selection of games to play.

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