Lawyers do their most important shizzle outside of court. It's all about sending threatening letters and other forms of negotiation.
To be fair to Epic, I've been waiting for something to take down Apple and Google's fees. 30% taxes on something that only costs a fraction of a cent in computer servering fees seems remarkably high, unless your average product cost is less than 10 cents.
For the financial transaction that's probably true. While I did read somewhere that financial institutions are required to hold some kind of high standard which does cost a lot of money.
But if a bank doesn't take 30% of every transaction Apple probably doesn't need to do this either.
For the fee you need to pay for the App I could imagine some more costs could be involved there. It's making the SDK to develop the app, having the store itself including required hardware, service people to support customers etc. etc.
Having the 30% is probably just a random number and they just stick with it.
I never really thought about how strange it actually is to be talking about one company not having enough money to beat another company in a judicial conflict. I thought the judicial system was supposed to be about justice…
The justice part is more in a fair judgment.
The unfair part in the US is, I think, the part were the initial cost are so high you can't even start to defend yourself from claims, and the person with most money automatically wins.
Next unfair part, which is probably true in all countries, is that the person with the most money can afford the best legal team. This team can increase chances of a favorable outcome due to having most knowledge about the legal procedures.
But this part is actually also true for people with a lot of money in general. They can hire dedicated people to make smart choices regarding money so they pay lower taxes and generate more wealth, while a regular person can't afford this luxury.
Is Epic that big of a company now?
They got a lot of investments lately and grew much bigger. They just double their worth from $8billion in 2018 to $17.8billion, that's including the recent investment from Sony (probably because Unreal is also becoming a tool for movie-creation).
I think the case for them is a win-win, if they win they save money and if they lose they just easily go back to Apple, and either way they get a lot of publicity.
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