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>>zdw+(OP)
Not a huge surprise, there's an iCloud antitrust alleging a 78% gross profit margin:

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.42...

The Epic legal case ruling cites a 75% profit margin on App Store fees:

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.36...

And of course, their 36% share of Google Ad revenue revealed in Google's antitrust has to be approximately 100% profit:

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/14/google-pays-apple-36percent-...

>>benoau+A2
Epic should take a look in the mirror first

>>jbvers+L2
What did Epic do?

>>zaptre+Y3
paying for store exclusives mostly. it was a big deal when borderlands 3 dropped in 2019 and again with alan wake 2 in 2023. its kinda hypocritical when you keep talking about competition and how its important to fight monopolies then come up with a $150M exclusivity deal instead of actually competing with steam.

>>tancop+Cy5
Setting aside whether paying for store exclusives is right or wrong (personally I don't see anything wrong with it), what does that have to do with the Apple discussion? The problem with Apple is specifically that they use their dominant market position to force anti-competitive terms on other companies. Has Epic been bullying companies into accepting their deals? You can sell a game anywhere, Epic has no leverage in this respect.