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| Epic Games pits Fortnite players against Apple |
Epic Games announced this week that a game will take place on August 23 to challenge Fortnite players to battle Apple.
During the FreeFortnite Cup, players can compete to win Free Fortnite Hats, phones, platforms, and computers that dress up as Fortnite and Tart Tycoon, which are widely seen as against Apple CEO Tim Cook.
The two companies compete over the App Store payment system, with Apple charging 30% of sales from in-app purchases as a fee. Epic Games believes this percentage is unfair.
The battle began when Epic Games released a new direct payment option for Apple devices on the Fortnite app, designed to bypass the App Store payment system.
Apple responded by removing Fortnite from (the App Store) and suing (Epic Games) Apple hours later and launching a public relations campaign to bring together Fortnite players, including games that mimic the famous Apple advertisement. From 1984. Internal activities.
(Epic Games) said: Apple granted it to delete the (Epic Games) developer account until August 28. In this case, Epic Games cannot develop apps for the App Store.
Apple said: The problem caused by (Epic Games) itself is easy to fix as long as it sends an update for its application and sends the update again to make it comply with the established guidelines. Accepted and applied to all developers. .
"We will not make any exceptions (epic games) because we believe it is a mistake to advance your business interests by protecting customers."
Fortnite is preparing to launch a new season of the game for non-iOS users on August 27th. Apple users will not be able to do this for the upcoming season at this time.
According to Apple, the CEO of Epic Games has requested to sign a side contract with the Apple App Store for its play store, which aims to reverse the store's commission-based business model.
The disclosure came in a court document in which Apple asked a federal judge in California to deny Epic Games' request to keep the game in the App Store.