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FAQ - Updated Privacy Policy Technology Published September 9 Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney says rights of users and creators are foundation of App Store dispute Apple filed a countersuit to Epics new injunction on Tuesday Facebook Twitter Print Email By Lucas Manfredi FOXBusiness close video Apple files counter claim against Epic Games Apple seeks lost app store fees, damages from Epic Games.

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney says that Apple may have lost all sight of the tech industrys founding principles after the tech giant stated in a countersuit Tuesday that the game developers App Store dispute is just a basic disagreement over money.

Continue Reading Below Foremost among those principles: the device you own is yours, Sweeney wrote in a Twitter thread Wednesday.

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Configure it as you like, install software you choose, create your own apps, share them with friends.

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APPLE FILES COUNTERSUIT AGAINST EPIC GAMES, SEEKING DAMAGES He noted that the idea of users being able to use their devices as they wish is exactly what both Apples 1984 commercial and Fortnites Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite video are all about.

A new all-powerful corporation dictating the terms of users access to their devices, forcing their way in as an intermediary between creators and users, and using that position to exert control and extract money.

Sweeney added that creators have the right to build apps, share them with users directly, and do business directly, without being herded through a single centrally planned, anti-competitive store which are the foundation of the game developers legal battle with Apple.

Money is several layers removed, as the medium of exchange between users who choose to buy digital items, and the creators who made them, Sweeney said.

Epics lawsuit is nothing more than a basic disagreement over money, Apple wrote in the filing.

Although Epic portrays itself as a modern corporate Robin Hood, in reality it is a multi-billion dollar enterprise that simply wants to pay nothing for the tremendous value it derives from the App Store.

The countersuit is in response to Epic filing a new injunction to be reinstated on the App Store after a judge denied the game developers request last month, but said that Apple could not retaliate against the game developers Unreal Engine.

Apple had said it would allow Fortnite back into the store if the direct payment feature was removed, but Epic refused to do so, saying complying with the request would collude with Apple to maintain their monopoly over in-app payments on iOS.

GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE Apple is now seeking restitution and disgorgement of all earnings, profits, compensation, benefits, and other ill-gotten gains obtained by Epic.

The company is also asking for damages for harm to its reputation from frustrated Fortnite players and a public relations campaign against Apple that includes a parody of the companys 1984 television commercial and playable character Tart Tycoon, who bears some resemblance to Apple CEO Tim Cook.

In addition, Apple has asked the court to disable Epics payment system altogether.

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