This is simply par for the course business as usual. Apple can’t let Epic simply deny them revenue, and they also can’t let them do so knowingly and deliberately without punishment. It would be amazing and shocking if they didn’t do this, it’s simply, a logical consequence of their legal position.

I'm guessing that apple is trying to push their claim as far as they can to set case law as far out as they can. This kind of case decided in their favor can move that overton window quite a bit

This isn’t mind boggling, this is how legal arguments are made.

The punitive damages are about the what was caused by the ad campaign. Judges have a lot of leeway here if they don’t like how companies act.

It's still live. Just can't be downloaded or updated. But you can still make purchases with it if you've already got it on your phone.