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30% revenue cut is too high and the restrictions against alternate storefronts anticompetitive. Apple has countersued Epic over their behavior, with their suit expected to go to bench trial in 2021, while Google seeks a compromise with Epic. This led to both Apple and Google to remove the
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app within hours, as this alternate storefront violated their terms of use that required all in-app purchases to be made through their storefronts. Epic immediately filed lawsuits against both companies challenging their storefront policies on antitrust principles, arguing that their non-negotiable
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