The Redmond, Washington, software giant had thrown in its lot with Epic Games, which was suing Apple for booting its Fornite title from the App Store and accusing the iPhone maker of monopolistic behaviour. Apple Defends App Reviews, Payments in Response to Epic Games’ Allegationsīut around the time the PC character reappeared, Microsoft began bad-mouthing Apple to regulators, saying the company's App Store was anti-competitive.