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Apple’s App Store 'monopoly' draws California antitrust suit from Fortnite users

By Max Fillion and Michael Acton ( September 21, 2020, 18:06 GMT | Insight) -- Apple is a “monopoly imposing exorbitant and arbitrary prices” on users of its devices as well as app makers, and the company is harming consumers by removing popular game Fortnite from its store, a proposed class action filed Thursday in a California state court alleges. The iPhone maker’s App Store policies amount to an illegal restraint of trade and unlawful competition that violate California’s Cartwright Act and Unfair Competition Law, the suit says, although no federal antitrust claims were filed.Apple is a “monopoly imposing exorbitant and arbitrary prices” on users of its devices as well as app makers, and the company is harming consumers by removing popular game Fortnite from its store, a proposed class action filed Thursday in a California state court alleges....

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