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As Apple's Tim Cook Testifies, The Judge Creates The Day's Most Dramatic Moment

As Apple's Tim Cook Testifies, The Judge Creates The Day's Most Dramatic Moment Enlarge this image toggle caption Nina Riggio/Bloomberg via Getty Images Nina Riggio/Bloomberg via Getty Images Hours into Apple CEO Tim Cook's testimony Friday in a lawsuit challenging how his company wields its immense power over mobile devices, a federal judge created the most dramatic moment of the three-week trial brought by the maker of the hit video game Fortnite. Cook: Fortnite skirting Apple's rules was "malicious" Cook said he was personally involved in the decision to kick the video game Fortnite out of the App Store last year after Epic skirted Apple's rules and violated the company's contract. But Cook said the company does not view the App Store's profits in isolation, so he would not say how much Apple makes. Breaking open Apple's "walled garden" Cook's testimony caps a three-week trial that centers on Apple's immense power over transactions in its App Store.

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