Tim Sweeney on why Epic did better against Google than Apple in court

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Apple basically didn't write anything down.

Tim Sweeney:

The thing with Apple is all of their antitrust trickery is internal to the company. They use their store, their payments, they force developers to all have the same terms, they force OEMs and carriers to all have the same terms.

I think the Apple case would be no less interesting if we could see all of their internal thoughts and deliberations, but Apple was not putting it in writing, whereas Google was. You know, I think Apple is… it’s a little bit unfortunate that in a lot of ways Apple’s restrictions on competition are absolute. Thou shalt not have a competing store on iOS and thou shalt not use a competing payment method. And I think Apple should be receiving at least as harsh antitrust scrutiny as Google.

> And I think Apple should be receiving at least as harsh antitrust scrutiny as Google.

They both deserve antitrust attention, but Apple is the far worse offender.

The cellphone is more essential than the car, and here are these two companies basically owning and taxing the roads, fuel, destinations, activities, and in-car entertainment. And you can't upgrade or change anything.

Google chose a jury trial.

It sounds like you're advocating to nationalize app stores, much like other public utilities should have or should continue to stay in public hands.