In 2020, Apple disabled Epic’s account after the game developer bypassed Apple’s high fees and offered its own payment system in the Fortnite app. This sparked a legal battle over app store monopoly, with neither side achieving a final victory. But now that the DMA has come into effect, forcing Apple to loosen its grip on the iOS ecosystem, Epic has successfully regained its privileges.
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney accepts Apple’s move as a “goodwill” gesture but continues to criticize the company’s new policies. Despite fee reductions for developers using alternative payment methods and app stores, Sweeney argues the structure still undermines competition.
Source: Ferra
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