In Epic Games-Apple case, Australian watchdog backs broad injunctions
By Sean Maguire ( May 7, 2026, 07:23 GMT | Insight) -- Australia's competition watchdog said Apple should be compelled to make its software available to developers for rival app stores and that national competition laws may apply outside Australia. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's submission in Apple's antitrust dispute endorses some of Epic Games' orders, but the watchdog did not say if it supported opening Apple's "walled garden" to users worldwide. Judge Jonathan Beach last week reserved his decision on remedies in the case until a later date.Apple should be compelled to “make tools and software available” to developers of rival app stores, and national competition laws in Australia may apply outside the country, Australia’s competition watchdog said of Apple’s long-running antitrust dispute with Fornite-developer Epic Games....
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