Tim Sweeney, CEO of Fortnite maker Epic Games Inc., said Wednesday that the game will be blacklisted from the Apple ecosystem after it has been told by Apple that the companies’ legal case is resolved and all appeals are exhausted. , which may take up to five years. .
Sweeney posted on Twitter that Epic has asked Apple to restore Fortnite and promised that whenever and wherever we release a product on Apple’s platform, it will follow Apple’s guidelines.
Apple spent a year telling the world, the courts and the press that they would welcome Epix’s return to the App Store if they agreed to play by the same rules as everyone else.’ Epic agreed, and now Apple has re-entered another abuse of the monopoly power of over a billion users,” Sweeney tweeted.
An Apple representative did not immediately respond to a message for comment.
Earlier this month, the federal judge overseeing the companies’ legal scuffle ordered Apple to destroy a lucrative portion of the competing barricade protecting its close iPhone App Store, but dismissed allegations that the company had Running an illegal monopoly that stifles competition and innovation. But U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers did not brand Apple as a monopoly or require competing stores to offer apps for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
Epic is appealing the decision.
Epic had claimed that Apple is harassing app makers by charging commissions ranging from 15% to 30% for in-app transactions as it forbids other options on its iPhones, iPads and iPods.
When Epic tried to avoid commissions with an alternative payment system in Fortnite last August, Apple kicked it out of the App Store to set up a legal demonstration that could force it to lower its fees. Was. But Apple has insisted that the commission to help cover the more than $100 billion invested in mobile software is a fair toll paid by the minority of the 1.8 million apps in its store.
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