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Epic Games Says Apple Stalling Launch of Its Game Store in Europe
Friday July 5, 2024. 03:02 PM , from Slashdot/Apple
'Fortnite' maker Epic Games said on Friday Apple was impeding its attempts to set up a games store on iPhones and iPads in Europe, the latest escalation in a bitter feud over the technology giant's control of the iOS app ecosystem. From a report: Apple has twice rejected documents it submitted to launch the Epic Games Store because the design of certain buttons and labels was similar to those used by its App Store, the video-game publisher said. 'We are using the same 'Install' and 'In-app purchases' naming conventions that are used across popular app stores on multiple platforms, and are following standard conventions for buttons in iOS apps,' Epic said in a series of posts on X. 'Apple's rejection is arbitrary, obstructive, and in violation of the DMA, and we've shared our concerns with the European Commission,' it said. Under pressure from European regulators, Apple had in March cleared the way for Epic to put its own game store on iOS devices in Europe.
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https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/07/05/131241/epic-games-says-apple-stalling-launch-of-its-game-s...
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