Epic Games will pay Apple fees to developers who bring their games to its store

Epic Games CEO speaks

Alternative stores to the App Store give a lot to talk about. NOW Tim SweeneyCEO of Epic Games, spoke about his company's store and assured that Epic Games will pay Apple fees for all developers who want to distribute their applications through the Epic Games Store.

For now, installing the Epic Games Store on iPhone is the only way to play titles like Fortnite. Epic Games presented up to 20 third-party games at its iPhone store in the European Union.

Epic Games will have a nice gesture with the developers

Epic Games has launched a free games program and announced that it will cover CTF fees for iOS developers in the European Union who offer their apps for free on the ‌Epic Games‌ store.

Developers who bring their applications to this platform will be able to receive their CTF payment for one year. The FCT is composed of a fee of 0.50 dollars per installation that developers must pay, regardless of how they monetize their apps. However, Apple offers some exceptions to these fees: small developers earning less than 10 million dollars are exempt from payment for three yearsand those with less than a million annual installations pay nothing. Additionally, Apple does not charge this fee to non-profit developers who offer apps without monetization.

Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, has repeatedly criticized Apple's fees and app distribution policies. Speaking to The Verge, he called the CTF “ruinous for any competing store looking to establish themselves” and said it wasn't financially viable for Epic to pay the fee in the long term. However, the company plans to cover them while waiting for the EU to implement changes to digital markets rules under the Digital Markets Act.

Epic says Apple's fees and warnings that appear when downloading third-party apps discourage developers and users in the European Union.

There will be no real freedom in app stores and no real competition, even in Europe, unless the Digital Markets Act is strictly enforced.

The Epic Games Store for iOS is currently only available in the European Union, as alternative app stores are not permitted in other countries. Epic argues that Apple's restrictions significantly limit the ability of developers and users to access more diverse distribution options.

Developers are very unhappy with App Store commissions. This is how alternative stores were born. But Apple has managed to continue charging fees for distributing apps to its mobile devices. On the other hand, the firm with the bitten apple logo has also opened its system to new default web browsers, offers support for emulators and much more.

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