Fortnite game maker Epic Games has challenged Apple for its stand that third-party app stores will compromise the security of the iPhone.
As TechCrunch reports, in a fresh court filing, Epic said that if Apple can allow sideloading on Mac devices and still call those computers secure, then surely it will do the same for the iPhone. could.
“Apple for macOS relies on security measures imposed by the operating system, rather than the App Store, and the ‘notarization’ program that scans apps and then returns them to the developer for distribution,” the new filing states. .
“The operating system Apple uses in its Mac computers (macOS) does not include the challenging restrictions found in the iPhone operating system (iOS), and Apple publicly touts the security of Macs,” read the filing.
Apple allows a number of alternative payment solutions in the App Store for apps that sell physical goods, “confirming that requiring them to use IAP, Apple’s in-app payment solution for digital goods, is not a competing target”. .
If Epic prevails, the App Store will not be liquidated. The difference is that Apple has to compete for its customers,” the Fortnite game maker said.
Last year, a US judge ruled in the Epic Games v. Apple district court case that Apple did not have a monopoly in the relevant market.
However, a California court ruled that Apple cannot prohibit developers from adding links to alternative payment systems outside of App Store-based systems.
Apple has said allowing sideloading could put users’ “most sensitive and private information” at risk.
“Supporting direct downloads and sideloading via third-party app stores would undermine the privacy and security protections that have made the iPhone so secure and pose serious security risks to users,” the company said in a paper. Is.”
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