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Apple's Fortnite antitrust trial ends with pointed questions: Report

Decision on the suit by Epic Games, and the future of the $100 bn market for iPhone apps, is now in the hands of a federal judge

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Jack Nicas | NYT
Tim Cook took the stand for the first time as Apple’s chief executive. The billionaire creator of one of the world’s most popular video games walked a federal judge through a tour of the so-called metaverse. And lawyers in masks debated whether an anthropomorphic banana without pants was appropriate to show in federal court.
 
Epic Games, the maker of the popular game Fortnite, sued Apple last year seeking to allow apps to avoid the 30 per cent commission that the iPhone maker takes on many app sales. On Monday, the trial concluded with Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of the

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