Epic CEO Says Apple, Google Must Be Stopped From Monopoly Abuse

Gaming giant Epic’s CEO on Tuesday launched another broadside at Apple and Google, saying the tech giants must be stopped from abusing their control over the marketplaces for apps.

Epic Games, creator of the hugely popular Fortnite, is locked in bitter legal battles with Apple and Google, whose operating systems run nearly all the smartphones in the world.

Both tech giants charge fees on transactions made on Apple’s App Store and Google Play, and contend these are appropriate.

But app makers have become increasingly furious in recent years over that cut.

“Apple and Google… are using their new monopoly power to tax and prevent competition,” Epic CEO Tim Sweeney said at the Global Conference for Mobile Application Ecosystem Fairness in Seoul.

 

“We must not allow these two companies to control our digital lives.”

Epic is seeking to force Apple to open up its marketplace to third parties, looking to circumvent the iPhone maker’s procedures and commissions of up to 30 percent.

Sweeney also took aim at Google for charging fees on payments it does not process.

“Only a monopoly can do that,” he said.

The Epic CEO and other conference participants also praised South Korea, which in August became the first country in the world to pass a law banning Apple and Google from forcing developers to use their payment systems

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