Fortnite back on US Apple App Store
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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.
On top of all the problems, Fortnite is not available to all iOS users who use the search function in the App Store. For some reason, the game can be downloaded through the direct link, yet it doesn’t appear after users search for it. However, this is likely a temporary issue that will soon be fixed by Apple.
Fortnite 's available on iOS in the US again, with Epic and Apple's legal tussle over it seemingly having concluded, at least for now. Epic Games has at least managed to get one of the outcomes it wanted out of all the hoohah, and its CEO has reponded as only he could - by letting all know we're his "fam".
Epic Games had some help crossing the finish line.
Epic says Apple keeping schtum could derail major update The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has gone mysteriously quiet after Epic Games submitted Fortnite for App Store approval, with Epic boss Tim Sweeney claiming the firm has “neither accepted nor rejected” the latest version.
A recent court ruling means Microsoft is in the clear to launch an Xbox games store on iOS, but a new filing suggests it's hesitant to do that in case Apple wins on appeal.