The conflict between Apple and Epic Games began more than seven months ago after, in August of last year, Epic decided to add a cheaper direct payment option in Fortnitewhich violated the Apple and Google payments system and led Apple to remove Fortnite from the App Store.
It doesn’t take much for the trial to begin. We know that senior officials from both companies will testify at the trial, in which Epic accuses Apple of anti-competitive behavior, according to reports TheVerge.
On the Apple side, top officials including CEO Tim Cook, Senior Vice President Craig Federighi and App Store chief Phil Schiller will testify. From Epic, CEO Tim Sweeney and Vice President Mark Rein will do so.
In addition, Microsoft’s vice president of Xbox and vice president of gaming From Facebook.
Phil Schiller will be the longest on the stand, with a total of 11 hours reserved for him.
The trial is scheduled to begin on May 3 and is expected to last several weeks.
Original article published in MacWorld Sweden.
