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have left deep box in my memory. they have hoped for more security more freedom more dignity. of their hopes been fulfilled. 10 years after the arab spring. starts june 7th on d w. and epic battle between the world's most valuable tech company and the maker of one of the world's most popular video games apple and fortnight maker epic games in court . also on the show america's most famous investor names a successor who is next after warren buffett to discuss with our correspondent.

and can get on complete with its asian neighbors in the ultra competitive global market for electric cars. this is the business i'm joined now the milan in berlin so happy you can join us the maker of the hit game for tonight is facing off with apple in a u.s. court today at stake control over its very lucrative app store games brought the case out. there louis kicked off the app store for implementing its own an app payment system bypassing apple's 30 percent commission on app purchases the case could have profound implications for how apple charges companies a crucial part of its business model. in this parody of the famous apple commercial $984.00 epic games takes a swipe at the giant but unlike in the original here apple is portrayed as

a kind of big brother suppressing humanity the video is part of epic games attempt to win over gamers in the dispute with apple and this is really the 1st shot across the bow toward apple in terms of defending their move what they charge developers and apps is for now to old to be a go off of apps or we do it themselves and this is something it's not just about epic it's about the industry everyone is watching this closely to see if apple old like to defend its move or if there's a need for a judgment against it which would have a massive ripple impact. spotify dating out maker match and many other companies also say that apple's 30 percent commission on all app store sales is too high apple says such sums are not unusual there are similar fees on playstation x.-box and google play stores. apple argues running the app store is expensive

$500.00 apple employees check every app around the clock for damaging bugs or viruses. the case is so serious apple c.e.o. tim cook will also testify in court brings absolutely the crown jewel. and this is something they're knocking can wipe clean up was really come back aggressively on this and that's why we should be in terms of those court cases well as all the testimony that comes out and it's no shock at all that coke will be testifying it's hard to tell which ways the case could go one thing is clear the verdict should be made at the end of may in any case ethics hoping to take a bite out of apple's hard won reputation. for. joining us now is michael kors and i know the deputy dean at mit sloan school of management welcome to the program we've just heard both arguments laid out there

who do you think has the strongest case. well i tend to think apple has a strong his case the app store is a critical part of what apple offers and it's taken many years to put that app store in the place that it is and it's fundamental to the value of the i phone i'm very sympathetic to after developers and companies like epic and it's possible that if they continue with court cases like this apple can change its pricing fees it already reduced its fees to small developers companies with under a $1000000.00 so i think there's room to negotiate over this but ending the app store as the window into the i phone applications world is a tough thing to do it's really part of the platform. it doesn't sound like you expect a whole lot of impact to come out of this case is that

a fair assessment well as i said it's the case is already putting pressure on apple to adjust its fees it can't make a special deal with one company. because that opens up a pandora's box there's over a 1000000 applications in the app store at times it's been closer to $2000000.00 and there's no possible way apple could negotiate special deals with all those companies so it has to have a a set of rules that it uses to to govern its ecosystem of app developers. but you could argue the 30 percent charge is high there's not a lot of direct costs associated with that essentially it's a transaction platform. but apple provides a lot of services to its users and app developers checking for viruses etc but also

you're paying for access to than the network of apple users and that's something apple has taken many years to build now zooming out of it michael what does this case tell us about the pushback big tech is getting. well i think over time governments and users are getting a bit tired of the power that platform companies have and i guess i've been writing about that for many years just published a book the business of platforms it is a business and the app store is a critical part of the business for apple so there is pressure from users as pressure from the complimentary as app developers is pressure for governments you could argue the app store is a kind of monopoly since they control access to their platform. but it's. you know it's a gateway that they've built it's possible court where some courts around the world might decide that these app stores are illegal monopolies but. that

really challenges the whole idea of the platform but there are things that apple could do i think that they get easier for these complimentary developers michael cusumano he's the deputy dean at the mit sloan school of management thanks for your time today ok thank you now to the looming end of an arrow warren buffett perhaps america's most famous investor has named a successor to lead his holding firm berkshire hathaway and carter has more on this for us from new york and what we're going to tell us about greg abel the man waiting in the way. you know he was born in canada he's 59 years old that's not so unimportant if you compare which of the 90 years off the record buffett he was actually in the ninety's running an energy company and then berkshire hathaway so buffett's a company got to

a controlling stake into that firm and that's how he got into the berkshire hathaway empire and swee years ago actually became co-chair for the business that has nothing to do with. insurance so that's where we is right now now warren buffett of course was at one time hailed as the oracle of the market how will the post buffett iraq look like when and if he decides to go. and that's an important point that you're raising here because what we heard from berkshire hathaway and from warren buffett so if something should happen to warren buffett overnight that's been a great cable what i'm steppin so for the sake of foreign buffet let's hope that some time back in the future but it's interesting because there are 2 co-chairs so there is great cable being in charge of the non-insurance business and then there is a judge jane always in charge of the insurance business so obviously when it comes

to the railroads and other parts off of berkshire hathaway that might be seen as more important at the moment and then the insurance on. yes carter thank you very much. a look now at some other business stories making headlines arisan is selling off its media group to private equity firm apollo global management in a $5000000000.00 deal to the list of brands include early internet pioneers a.o.l. and yahoo rise and will keep a 10 percent stake in the company a shipment of more than 300000 doses of the pfizer buy on talk vaccine arrived in south africa on sunday pfizer has pledged to send 4500000 doses to the country by june south africa has been one of the african countries 1st hit by the pandemic. that noms answer to tesla says it isn't just interested in taking on neighbors thailand and indonesia the life car maker vin fast has its sights set on the united

states vietnam is in the spotlight even fast as raise the curtain on 3 new electric cars. the company has been producing cars since 2017 in their high pump factory. they build a quarter of a 1000000 cars every year. but the car maker hopes to enter the global market with its electric models. we are going to eat off america u.s. canada and europe at the same time in europe you know we are going to germany france and then that ends so to start with the street countries in the euro and then at the same time we are starting to expand into other markets in that continent to even fast was founded by palm not for butte nonce richest citizen he made his 1st 1000000 by selling noodles in ukraine today palm runs empire of

shopping malls hospitals and even entire city districts the car company is his most recent venture he imported all his know how from germany the motors assembly lines and robots are all built by german companies the international joint venture has been successful in inspiring trust a much needed commodity in the car business. but the biggest concern of the custom of steel lay on battery. durability because the battery but what we are doing is we are doing but to releasing and. take away will would take over what they really store or take away on the concessions from testimony given fast vehicles offer competition to the big e-car players with a range of 500 kilometers of lane keeping system 300. 60 degree cameras and an automatic emergency call system customers have been able to order cars since the beginning of may when fast cars should be on sale in the u.s. and the e.u.

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