Apple’s Monopoly Is Finally Held Accountable

Epic Games, makers of Fortnite , sued Apple over its monopoly power over its iOS App Store .

Apple has built a tollbooth whereby apps that offer items for purchase must pay a 30 percent tax to Apple .

Epic Games took Apple to U.S. district court in a private antitrust case in May 2021 , while losing on other claims.

Apple immediately strategized to fake-comply with the injunction while maintaining practices that brought it billions in profits.

Epic Games had previously launched its own app store called the Epic Games Store , but only in the European Union for iPhones and iPads .

On Thursday , just one day after the ruling, Epic improved that store for app developers, imposing no fees on the first $1 million in sales annually , and a 12 percent fee after that.