Fortnite back on US Apple App Store
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Epic Games' wildly popular multiplayer shooter game "Fortnite" is available again on Apple's app store in the U.S.
Fortnite 's return to iOS is just the latest development in Apple and Epic Games' bitter antitrust feud, which has been ongoing for five years. Specifically, Epic Games takes issue with Apple prohibiting in-app payment processing methods other than Apple Pay, as well as charging a 30 percent commission on in-app purchases.
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Macworld on MSNApple could be in serious trouble over Fortnite rejectionMacworld It would be inaccurate to claim that either Apple or Epic Games has decisively won their acrimonious and long-running legal dispute over the use of external payment links in iPhone apps: courts have sided with both companies at various times and in various aspects of the case.
Apple initially removed Fortnite from the App Store in 2020 after Epic Games tried to skirt commissions on in-app purchases.