Apple faces a Monday deadline to respond to a complaint Epic Games filed with CADE, Brazil's antitrust watchdog, alleging the company is undermining a recent App Store settlement. The deal, reached two months ago after Mercado Libre challenged Apple's rules, allows developers in Brazil to distribute iOS apps through alternative marketplaces and use external payment systems. Apple introduced a 5% Core Technology Commission on digital goods sold outside its App Store.

Epic Games argues Apple has created "structural, technical, and access barriers" that make alternative distribution impractical. The complaint notes the settlement covers iPadOS, but Apple's new terms apply only to iOS. Epic also criticizes "scare sheets" discouraging sideloading and a nine-step installation process—up from six steps under Apple's current EU implementation. Previously, Brazil's process required 15 steps; reducing it to six cut download abandonment from 65% to 25%.

Epic further claims Apple's reporting demands "go far beyond what is necessary to calculate fees," enabling competitor surveillance. CADE has given Apple until Monday to reply; Apple has not commented publicly.