"Epic vs Apple" has finally arrived and as Tim Sweeney now famously said we're in for some "fireworks"!

On day four of the trial, Apple finally feels the spotlight of the witness stand as Apple App Store VP Matthew Fischer is asked about everything App Store, from guidelines to Apple's (lack of) studies on consumer spending. Oh, and Roblox somehow gets involved.

It's grilled Apple time (Yum!)...in Virtual Legality.

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#Epic #Apple #Lawsuit

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CHAPTERS

00:00 Introduction

01:04 Selling Search Functions (US House)

05:25 Understanding the Closed Xbox Argument (Verge)

08:27 Day 4 Live Tweets (Adi Robertson)

09:36 Payments and Project Liberty

19:01 Apple Exec Grilled (Matthew Fischer)

21:52 Back to Selling Search

22:57 Monopoly Stickiness (Lack of Studies)

25:48 Judge Issues

27:47 A Parade of Unhappy Developers

32:01 Is Apple Arcade a Store?

33:29 Third Parties and Security

35:20 Treatment of Business Partners

47:07 What is a Roblox?

50:37 Making Mistakes

52:36 Conclusion

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Discussed in this episode:

"An Antitrust Epic"

YouTube Playlist - Hoeg Law

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1zDCgJzZUy-lb7ReoUqL5_dTcM8ngmfV

"Epic v Apple: Opening Salvos (Days 1 and 2) (VL460)"

YouTube Video - May 4, 2021 - Hoeg Law

https://youtu.be/PfTcTyVM-ck

"Tim Sweeney getting angry at Apple in 2018"

Tweet - May 6, 2021 -Tom Warren

https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/1390344929122062336

"Investigation of Competition in Digital Markets"

Majority Staff Report - Subcommittee on Antitrust, US House of Representatives

https://judiciary.house.gov/uploadedfiles/competition_in_digital_markets.pdf

"Day 4 of Epic v. Apple..."

Twitter Thread - May 6, 2021 - Adi Robertson

https://twitter.com/thedextriarchy/status/1390323366494617610

"Here are Apple’s and Epic’s full slideshows arguing why they should win at trial"

The Verge - May 3, 2021

https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/3/22417725/apple-vs-epic-full-trial-slideshows-opening-arguments

Epic v Apple Preliminary Injunction Order

October 9, 2020

https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.364265/gov.uscourts.cand.364265.118.0.pdf

"Important testimony coming up in Epic v. Apple Day 4..."

Twitter Thread - May 6, 2021 - Nick Statt

https://twitter.com/nickstatt/status/1390381812581601282

"App Store Review Guidelines"

Updated February 1, 2021

https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#business

"Roblox"

Microsoft Store Webpage

https://studio.youtube.com/video/cMaaxUWABl8/edit?o=U

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