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Epic Games may have largely lost its major lawsuit against Apple, but it’s not going out without a fight — and it has some major support in its corner. Soon after the Epic Games v. Apple ruling was issued, Epic appealed, and over the past two days, a large number of organizations have filed amicus briefs in support of Epic’s battle, including a coalition of 35 state attorneys general, Microsoft, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). (The original ruling has since been put on hold after an appeals court granted a stay.)
During the fight, Epic was trying to make the case that Apple has a monopoly in mobile gaming with the App Store, and in so doing, force Apple to take a smaller percentage of all the transactions that go through…
