Tim Cook Compares Apple’s App Store to a ‘Flea Market’ if Epic Games’ Complaint of Allowing Third-Party Payment Systems Is Allowed

Apple tree's legal battle with Epic Games is far from over, and in a contempo interview, Tim Cook wanted to accost some topics. One of them was not assuasive third-party payment systems for developers on the App Store, as the executive claims that information technology would become a flea market if allowed.

Cook Believes Apple Will Win the Lawsuit Against Ballsy Games

With the U.S. trial expected to commence on May iii, the Toronto Star conducted an interview with Tim Cook. Apple tree's App Store guidelines clearly state that developers are to use the company'south in-app buy system. In short, direct payments are not allowed in any fashion. Epic Games believes all developers registered on the App Store should have admission to third-party payment methods, but Tim Cook is of the reverse opinion as he stated the following.

"At the heart of the Ballsy complaint is they'd like developers to each put in their own payment information. Just that would make the App Shop a flea market and you know the confidence level you lot take at the flea market. The volume of people going into such a market would be dramatically lower, which would be bad for the user, because they would miss out on the innovation similar we just heard with the four developers. And the developers would be left out because they wouldn't have a huge audience to sell to. Then nobody wins in that environment."

By keeping the payment system express, Cook mentions in the interview that the App Shop volition provide a safe and trusted place for users to discover apps. Nevertheless, Cook's claim of the App Store'due south security has not prevented massive financial frauds from taking place. A contempo incident involved a Bitcoin theft that left one person without $600,000, or 17.i Bitcoin, which were his life savings.

Regardless, Cook believes that Apple will prevail in its lawsuit against Epic Games and that Apple volition continue to be stringent when it comes to reviewing apps.

News Source: Toronto Star