Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney says Apple's plan to reduce the commission it takes on App Store purchases for small businesses may be good for those companies but is "not awesome for consumers." Sweeney's company, which is behind popular online game Fortnite, has been locked in a heated legal battle with Apple over its in-app payment system, which it believes is restrictive for developers and customers.
After flouting Apple's in-app purchase system earlier this year, Fortnite was banned from the App Store. Epic subsequently filed a lawsuit that has placed renewed scrutiny on Apple's policy of requiring all app purchases on its devices to run through its App Store, where it can take as much as a 30 percent cut of those transactions.
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