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Re: [NEWS] Apple terminates Epic Games? App Store account

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On 31.08.2020 06:49, Your Name wrote:
> 
> This is from Macworld.co.uk, but the news has been on various wesbites 
> over the last few days.
> 
> 
>    Apple terminates Epic Games' App Store account
>    ----------------------------------------------
>    You can no longer download any app made by Epic on Apple devices.
> 
>    Apple has officially terminated Epic Games' App Store account,
>    Apple confirmed to The Verge.
> 
>    The move follows the ongoing dispute between Apple and Epic over
>    in-app payments that saw Epic break the App Store rules by adding
>    a direct payment option to Fortnite that bypassed observing
>    Apple's 30% commission rule.
> 
>    It means you can no longer download Fortnite or other Epic games
>    such as Infinity Blade on iPhone, iPad, or Mac. You can't even
>    download them if you downloaded them previously, but they aren't
>    currently on your device.
> 
>    It also means that the new Marvel-tinged season of Fortnite is
>    not coming to Apple devices.
> 
>    Apple's statement reads:
>       "We are disappointed that we have had to terminate the
>        Epic Games account on the App Store. We have worked
>        with the team at Epic Games for many years on their
>        launches and releases. The court recommended that Epic
>        comply with the App Store guidelines while their case
>        moves forward, guidelines they've followed for the
>        past decade until they created this situation. Epic
>        has refused. Instead they repeatedly submit Fortnite
>        updates designed to violate the guidelines of the App
>        Store. This is not fair to all other developers on the
>        App Store and is putting customers in the middle of
>        their fight. We hope that we can work together again
>        in the future, but unfortunately that is not possible
>        today."
> 
>    Epic CEO Tim Sweeney replied to a 9to5Mac tweet disputing the
>    wording of Apple's statement:
> 
>        Tim Sweeney [@TimSweeneyEpic]
>        Apple's statement isn't forthright. They chose to
>        terminate Epic's account; they didn't *have* to.
> 
>        Apple suggests we spammed the App Store review
>        process. That's not so. Epic submitted three
>        Fortnite builds: two bug-fix updates, and the
>        Season 4 update with this note.
> 
>           "Hello,
> 
>            Fortnite build v14.0 with new Season 4 has
>            been uploaded through App Store Content.
> 
>            This build continues to offer customers
>            the choice of in-app purchases through
>            either Apple's payment solution or through
>            Epic direct payment. Epic is submitting
>            this version in case Apple wishes to
>            restore Fortnight to the App Store in time
>            for Season 4 launch.
> 
>            Thanks"
> 
>    It is not clear how the situation will proceed. Epic is suing
>    Apple based on the claim that its 30% commission rule is unfair
>    on developers. But in having its apps on the App Store, Epic
>    had to agree to those terms, and then is accused of breaking
>    them, so any court ruling is likely to side with Apple. A first
>    court hearing implied a ruling may stop short of disrupting
>    other developers' access to Epic's Unreal Engine platform,
>    though.
> 
> 
> <https://www.macworld.co.uk/news/apple/apple-terminates-epic-games-app-store-account-3794702/> 
> 
> 
> 

That's why we need to develop a new mobile operating system, preferably 
cross-platform so it's the similar experience on phones, tablets, 
laptops, desktop computers, TVs and watches. If people want to play the 
game, let them play.  After more than 30 years of using Apple computers, 
goodbye! My current Macintosh will be the last one.

As for Epic's games, I didn't like Unreal Tournament and played Quake 
III. I don't understand Fortnite maybe I'm too old.


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