Epic Games defends itself against Apple’s repeated allegations of theft: The iPhone company has no “right to the fruits of our labor”, the Fortnite developer now emphasized. The purchases made in the app are ultimately money that players spend on Fortnite content and thus the work of “Epic’s artists, designers and developers” – Apple has no claim to ownership of this.

Apple sees direct payments in apps as shoplifting Apple has repeatedly stolen Epic in a dispute over in-app purchases accused. Bypassing Apple’s mandatory payment interface (In-App Purchase – IAP) can be compared to shoplifting or stealing money from a safe on Apple’s premises, according to the iPhone group.

Apple is making the “unbelievable claim” that something will be stolen from the group if a developer like Epic integrates a direct payment option into its app, argues the game publisher in a new submission in the ongoing legal dispute (Epic Games vs. Apple, reference 4: 20 – cv – 05640, US Dictrict Court, Northern District of California) – no property was stolen from Apple.

Epic considers Apple’s terms and conditions to be anti-competitive Apple have no general right of ownership to in-app purchases, but only a contractually stipulated one, so Epic – one was “forced” to agree to the developer agreement. This is a prerequisite for selling software for iPhone and iPad. Apps can only be offered in Apple’s App Store, the sale of digital content must take place in the app via Apple’s payment interface – this allows the iPhone manufacturer to receive up to 30 percent commission retained with every purchase.

Epic smuggled its own payment interface into Fortnite in August via which users can purchase the game currency directly from Epic by credit card – parallel to Apple’s payment interface. Apple and Google then threw the game out of her