In this regard, the Department of Justice mentioned that the judge incorrectly applied two provisions of the Sherman Act, a pillar of federal antitrust law, in addition to making “several legal errors” that would jeopardize the effective application of antitrust regulations, especially in the digital economy.
What Epic Games has also sought through the legal proceedings is for Apple to modify its store so that developers can include external links and other calls to action to direct customers to other purchasing mechanisms beyond those that the company establishes.
So far, these types of measures have only been established in South Korea and the Netherlands, where regulatory bodies have forced the company to generate other payment mechanisms for developers.
For Apple, the fact that they mess with their app store is very relevant in economic terms. According to its latest quarterly report, the Services category, where the App Store, iCloud and Apple Music are located, among others, generated 19,516 million dollars, which represents an increase of 24% year-on-year.