 |
| App manufacturers are revolting against sinister Apple |
Video game industry giant Epic Games (developer of the popular Fortnite game) challenged Apple on Thursday and added a new payment method for the game to exceed the 30% payment Apple receives from developers through the App Store. . App Store.
It's clear that Epic knew that he would be fired from the App Store for violating Apple's rules, and after several hours of changes, Apple removed Fortnite. Shortly thereafter, Epic filed a prepared lawsuit against Apple, claiming it had an unfair advantage in setting the rules for the only app distribution channel on the iPhone. An in-game event has also been launched in Fortnite that mimics the popular Mac ad from 1984 to imitate Apple's functionality.
What Epic did was a revolt against Apple, the world's largest company with a market value of around $ 2 trillion. Epic is also the latest tech company to revolt against Apple's app store policies, hoping to capitalize on the current dissatisfaction of major tech companies and seize this moment to taint Apple's control over the mobile app ecosystem.
In the past year, more and more companies have talked openly about their differences of opinion about the percentage that Apple gets from the App Store. Last year, Spotify filed a monopoly complaint against the company in the European Union. Spotify released an Epic support statement a few hours after the Fortnite game was removed from the App Store. Other companies with popular apps are also helping Epic move. In addition to more and more brands, some companies have recently spoken out against Apple's 30% revenue in the App Store and other policies.
Google and Microsoft have new video game streaming services. Due to Apple systems, these apps may not be stored in the App Store. I told Apple Business Insider last week that the reason for this is that not every game on these streaming services can be reviewed individually.
People think Epic wants to use its huge fan base to interrupt Apple's guidelines and portray it as a scary company that is not conducive to playing games.