Epic Games has filed legal papers in response to Apple [pdf]
Apple is about to get bitten hard for being a monopoly.<p>I hope the government considers the harshest punishment of all: splitting up Apple into hardware and software+services entities.<p>This is absurd that Apple has built a fiefdom on America&#x27;s most popular generic computer device. It&#x27;s a threat to freedom! We can only compute what the overlords allow and can tax? What a crock!<p>The fact that Apple thinks they can extort more protection money from developers than the government does in taxes is an affront. But the freedom aspect should have everyone out with their pitchforks.<p>This after Apple created an environment where its users, many of whom have lots of disposable income for buying goods and services, expect apps to be $0.99 and come with free updates for life. Meanwhile Apple&#x27;s own products are luxury priced. And they still take 30%.<p>US Government, please force Apple to open up iPhone to any software we want to install. It&#x27;s a generic computer. It&#x27;s how we communicate, do banking, do basic shopping, dating, business ... everything. Apple can&#x27;t be the gatekeepers of 21st century life. It&#x27;s incredibly damaging to our ability to innovate and succeed as small business owners and entrepreneurs.<p>Apple, you are the tyrant king. Long have we suffered under your rule. We won&#x27;t stand for it any longer and we demand our freedom.