Under the European Union’s new rules, Epic announced that it will and will launch the Epic Games Store on iPhone later this year Fourteen days also back to iOS.
Over three years ago, in August 2020, Epic tried to add new ways to purchase in-game items Fortnites mobile ports. These new methods would be cheaper for users and would bypass Google and Apple’s store cut, which the tech giants typically impose on all in-app purchases on their respective devices. Within hours, both Google and Apple had backed down Fourteen days from their digital stores and Epic began a legal dispute with both companies
On January 25th Apple was forced to make changes This would – for the first time ever – enable third-party app stores on iOS devices. Apple must also allow sideloading, the ability for users to install their own apps directly onto their devices. These are both features of Android phones, but not the more limited iOS ecosystem. But thanks to the DMA, that’s changing in the EU and Epic wasted no time in calling Apple and announcing it Fourteen days‘S Returning via its own third-party app, the Epic Games Store.
“Remember Fourteen days
“Later this year Fourteen days will return to iOS in Europe via the Epic Games Store. (Shoutout DMA – a major new law in the EU that makes this possible). @Apple, the world is watching,” Epic tweeted.
Epic’s CEO is not happy with Apple’s new rules
Of course, it’s not as easy as it sounds with Apple allowing sideloading and third-party apps. The tech giant implemented it a lot of rules and various restrictions This could be costly for independent developers and limit the utility of third-party storefronts. Epic CEO Tim Sweeney is unhappy with the iPhone maker’s restrictions and new policies, calling them “hot garbage.”
“Apple is proposing that it can choose which stores are allowed to compete with its App Store.” Sweeney wrote in a lengthy tweet on January 25th. “They could prevent Epic from opening and distributing the Epic Games Store Fourteen days through them, for example, or block Microsoft, Valve, Good Old Games or new market entrants.”
“There’s a lot more hot garbage in Apple’s announcement. It will take more time to analyze both the written and unwritten portions of this new horror show, so stay tuned,” Sweeney wrote.
For now, the plan seems to be what the company will roll out – despite the terrible rules, according to Epic’s CEO Fourteen days and its store on iPhones in the EU unless Apple tries to intervene.
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