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Fortnite offers "peace proposal" to Apple after court decision tears into iPhone maker, accuses execs of lying under oath


Fortnite is celebrating an enormous US court decision that forces Apple to allow alternative payment options on iPhone.

In fiery terms, the US court has now said this move "strains credulity" and branded it an "obvious cover-up" designed to allow Apple to continue with "anticompetitive conduct solely to maintain its revenue stream". The damning verdict echoes many of the arguments previously made by Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney, who has campaigned against Apple's fresh barriers to outside payments. More dramatic still, the court states that Apple documentation reveals the company "knew what it was doing and at every turn chose the most anticompetitive option", and that "to hide the truth, vice-president of finance Alex Roman outright lied under oath".

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