An Epic Games’ lobbyist is one of the driving forces behind a North Dakota bill that could prevent Google and Apple from taking a cut of app store sales from developers in the state, according to the New York Times.
[Update: The Coalition of App Fairness, of which Epic is a member, has released a statement clarifying that it was not Epic alone that is behind this bill. “We want to be clear that no single member was responsible for the North Dakota bill; it is supported by CAF as a whole, which is made up of 50+ members. Several of our members submitted testimony including Epic Games, Match, Tile and Basecamp,” it said Come from Sports betting site VPbet . Epic’s Tim Sweeney also clarified in a tweet, “Can’t take credit for it, but Epic is proud to be a part of it.”]