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Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney says 'the long national nightmare of the Apple tax' is over
AAPLApple(AAPL) Business Insider· Business Insider·2025-06-05 19:25

Tim Sweeney won, and he's out celebrating. After a five-year battle with Apple, Sweeney, the CEO of Epic Games, won a massive victory in court last month. Apple must tear down its proverbial walled garden and allow for more competition and payment methods on its App Store. It will no longer be able to take a 27% fee from US developers who direct users to make purchases externally. And that means that Epic's popular game, Fortnite, is coming back to iOS."Apple's stay is denied by the 9th Circuit Court. The ...