[jmull]

Do you mean to imply Tim Cook lied in that statement?

That doesn't work, though. Epic clearly, purposely, and egregiously violated Apple's TOS. It seems like that is the reason Apple's terminating their accounts, not in retaliation for "going public".

(BTW, I think Apple needs to let companies control their own payment systems outside the App Store.)

[modeless]

Epic needed to demonstrate that they and consumers were harmed in order to have standing to sue. It's not illegal to "violate" a TOS that is itself illegal. The legality of what Epic did is yet to be decided in court.