Apple Bans Fortnite from the App Store for 5 Years

Apple Bans Fortnite from the App Store for 5 Years

Apple Bans Fortnite: Apple has rejected Epic Fortnite’s request and has banned the gaming app from its app store, as per the latest news. It is known to everyone that Fortnite is a free-to-play game. The game generates its revenue through in-game purchases players make and this has proved to be a successful model. The article talks about the recent news that Fortnite has been banned from the App Store by Apple for 5 years.

Apple Bans Fortnite from the App Store for 5 Years
Apple Bans Fortnite from the App Store for 5 Years

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Apple Bans Fortnite

It had been a long time since Fortnite was removed from the App Store and Google’s Android Play Store after Epic clashed with the two dominant mobile platforms over the handling of payments and the 30% fee charged by both. Apple and Epic Games had previously met in court to decide one of the most consequential antitrust arguments in the history of the tech industry. Recently, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney revealed that Apple has rejected the company’s request to re-instate Epic’s developer account, effectively banning Fortnite from returning to the App Store. 

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Apple Bans Fortnite from the App Store for 5 Years
Apple Bans Fortnite from the App Store for 5 Years

Epic had given Fortnite players on iOS and Google Play a choice between Apple or Google payment and Epic direct payment, passing on savings to direct purchasers. Both Apple and Google retaliated by blocking Fortnite updates followed by Apple threatening to prevent Epic from creating software for all Apple devices including Unreal Engine. “

Apple lied. Apple spent a year telling the world, the court, and the press they’d “welcome Epic’s return to the App Store if they agree to play by the same rules as everyone else”. Epic agreed, and now Apple has reneged in another abuse of its monopoly power over a billion users.” Sweeney said.

The lawsuit itself eventually went to trial and the judge ruled that external payment systems should be allowed on apps available in the App Store. “Late last night, Apple informed Epic that Fortnite will be blacklisted from the Apple ecosystem until the exhaustion of all court appeals, which could be as long as a 5-year process” he added.

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