Apple bans Fortnite from App Store
Apple bans Fortnite from App Store
Fortnite is one of the biggest games in the store, This implies the well-known game will not be accessible for new users to download on iPhones or other phones.
So bad,
The action made a legal battle brought by Epic Games, which accused Apple of running the App Store as a monopoly.
“We’ll fight on. The need for regulatory and legislative action is clearer than ever before,” Sweeney said in a tweet Wednesday.
On Sept. 16, Sweeney asked Phil Schiller, Apple’s executive in charge of the App Store, to reinstate Epic’s developer account. That would allow the future resubmission of Fortnite and let the gaming company develop its Unreal Engine and other software for Apple devices.
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"Apple spent a year telling the world, the court, and the press they'd 'welcome Epic's return to the App Store if they agree to play by the same rules as everyone else'," Mr. Sweeney wrote on Twitter.
"Apple lied," Sweeney tweeted.
"Apple spent a year telling the world, the court, and the press they'd 'welcome Epic's return to the App Store if they agree to play by the same rules as everyone else.' Epic agreed, and now Apple has reneged in another abuse of its monopoly power over a billion users."
Fortnite Get's banned by Apple from App Store
Late last night, Apple informed Epic that Fortnite will be blacklisted from the Apple ecosystem until the exhaustion of all court appeals, which could be as long as a 5-year process. pic.twitter.com/QCD7wogJef
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Following the decision, Epic paid Apple $6 million for circumventing the company’s in-app-purchase fees. During the trial, Apple said it would reinstate Fortnite if Epic followed the same App Store rules as other developers.
The message told Apple staff employees that the company would do "everything in [its] power to identify those who leaked" information to reporters.
"People who leak confidential information do not belong" at Apple, he added.
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