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A judge has ordered Apple to produce documentation from Tim Cook and Craig Federighi for the Apple versus Epic lawsuit.
The Apple versus Epic lawsuit continues as publicly filed court documents tell us a bit more about the upcoming trial. Epic wants Apple to produce extensive documentation surrounding the App Store and its operations, but there has been some deliberation as to how extensive this data needs to be, and who will present it.
The document filed states that Apple will have a large burden placed on them to gather much of what Epic is asking for. The court sides with Apple here stating that Epic need not ask for more amplifying data unless absolutely necessary.
The most important part of the court filing is who's going to be made available to represent Apple. Epic has requested that Tim Cook and Craig Federighi provide deposition for the hearing.
Apple says that Tim Cook will be available, but requests his deposition be limited to four hours. Apple also requested that Erik Neuenschwander, who reports to Craig Federighi, be present instead.
The judge denied both requests, stating that Tim Cook's time limitations will not be determined until Epic receive all the proper documents from Apple. The request for Neuenschwander was also denied, with the judge reasoning that if Epic sees Federighi's leadership position over all iOS as more significant, then it is on Epic if they are wrong about Neuenshwander's significance.
The next deadline for court filings is January 6, 2021 to discuss expert declarations, with a hearing on January 8. This is just another small step forward as we await the next hearing set for July 2021.
Updated December 18, 7:06 AM ET with more details, and clarity on deposition
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More horseshit from Epic. These guys are human ticks.
A boycott campaign against Epic needs to occur, fuck them. As an Apple customer I don’t want their ideas implemented and lots more feel the same way.
Epic can go fuck itself. Yeah, I'm sure a TON of users want random app stores to be installed on their devices which which are free from following any OS/privacy/security guidelines just so the respective companies can keep 100% of the profits for themselves while still having access to all of Apple's lucrative customers using Apple's platform and tools.
Gosh, surprised the CEO of Apple would be ordered to appear. I thought the judge in this case already signaled doubts about the veracity of Epic's claims early on. Maybe that was a different judge and venue?
The entire tech industry, from Google to Facebook, is envious of Apple's ecosystem and its success but since they don't have the vision to build a competing system they would rather see it fail, so they can inject their run-of-the-mill products. What a bunch of scumbags.