{"id":32451,"date":"2021-05-12T17:06:14","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T21:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=32451"},"modified":"2021-06-18T07:04:54","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T11:04:54","slug":"epic-v-apple-day-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/12\/epic-v-apple-day-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic v. Apple, Day 6"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adi Robertson<\/a> (tweet<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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The trial’s sixth day began with testimony from Matthew Weissinger, Epic’s VP of marketing. And Apple used its cross-examination to offer the court an exhaustive tutorial on Fortnite, beginning with its title screen and one of its skins.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Peely’s nightmarish existence<\/a> is barely related to Apple’s case. And the “naked banana” comment would probably have passed for a throwaway joke, but for one very important fact: Apple slammed Epic last week by claiming that it hosted porn.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Apple’s tutorial was clearly aimed at showing that Fortnite is mostly a game and not an “experience” or “metaverse” — encouraging the judge to weigh the App Store’s game-related policies against similar rules on consoles, rather than scrutinizing the whole iOS ecosystem.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Adi Robertson<\/a>:<\/p>\n

This is an email between Apple and Epic. Apple sender’s requesting assets promoting Chapter 2 launch, says “I know we’ve had issues in the past with a significant art leak,” but he promises it won’t happen again. Spoiler: Apple apparently did leak the Chapter 2 assets.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Adi Robertson<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Evans is back, and lawyer is asking how he defines the market and alternatives here. Evans notes the costs of switching ecosystems to Android are high, PCs\/consoles aren’t a substitute, and Apple’s policies prevent the existence of iOS App Store alternatives.<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

To bring it back to consumer harm, Evans is arguing that Apple’s lack of competition causes higher prices and a slower pace of innovation. […] Evans says Apple hardware is very innovative but that its work on the App Store hasn’t kept pace, basically.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n