Apple’s App Store blocks US, EU access to video game ‘Fortnite,’ Epic Games claims

Apple has blocked the video game “Fortnite” on iPhones in the U.S. and through Epic Games’ store in the EU, according to Epic Games’ statement on Friday. Fortnite will remain inaccessible on Apple’s iOS and App Store globally until Apple lifts the restriction, Epic Games claimed.
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Epic, a U.S.-based studio, backed by China’s Tencent (0700.HK), opens new tab, is the world’s largest game studio. It was launched in 2017 and its last-player-standing, “battle royale” format became an instant hit, drawing millions of players.
Since 2020, however, it has been in a legal battle with Apple, after the gaming firm alleged that Apple’s practice of charging up to 30% in commission on in-app payments violated U.S. antitrust rules.
Apple banned Fortnite from its store in 2020…

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MacDailyNews Take: No rush for an old game that’s years past its prime.
The bottom line is clear: Epic Games wants to enjoy all of the benefits of Apple’s App Store, including access to well over one billion of the world’s most affluent users for free. That is illogical, unfair, and, basically, theft. – MacDailyNews, May 4, 2021
How much did it cost developers to have their apps burned onto CDs, boxed, shipped, displayed on store shelves prior to Apple remaking the world for the better for umpteenth time? Apple incurs costs to store, review, organize, surface, and distribute apps to over one billion users. — MacDailyNews, June 10, 2022

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