The removal of Fortnite from the App Store was undoubtedly the news last week. From Epic Games, developers of the game, they began an offensive against the apple company with the firm objective of ending the now famous 30% commission on in-app purchases that is generating so many headaches and for which it is being investigated to Apple. Several days later, they face new problems that could leave them at a point of no return.
The loneliness of Epic Games in their fight
Adding allies in his crusade against Apple was fundamental for Epic Games. The company had everything well planned, as they were fully aware of the problem they would face if they challenged the Californians by adding independent payment systems in Fortnite. They were not the first developers to do something similar and find their app removed, but it has been the most important title to do so.
From The Information they have issued a recent report in which they affirm that Epic Games would be looking for partners to create a front of companies with which to battle against Apple. Some like Spotify applauded the decision of the creators of Fortnite at the time, understandable considering that the company behind the music platform also has its legal battles with Apple pending, but apparently they did not want to formally join the dispute. According to the aforementioned media, it would be very difficult for Epic to find coalition partners despite being in contact with different executives for days.
Final goodbye to Fortnite on iOS?
Various industry analysts suggest that Epic will finally go through the hoop and end up reluctantly accepting Apple’s regulations, bringing with it the return of Fortnite to the App Store. At the moment the only way to have access to this video game on an iPhone or iPad is having it downloaded prior to this battle or having downloaded it some other time in the past. Of course, the game will not be able to receive updates if the conflict between the developers and the firm led by Tim Cook is not resolved.
In the last hours a letter has been leaked in which Apple threatens Epic with closing access to development tools and therefore not being able to access to upload content to the App Store. The deadline set is August 28, the day when developers will have to comply with the rules of the application store to maintain their developer account and be able to re-add Fortnite in the future.
In any case, it seems that this battle is going on for a long time. We recall that there is a lawsuit by the creators of the popular video game that will have to be resolved through the courts, unless they reached an agreement before and this lawsuit was withdrawn. Lawsuits against Google are also pending, a company that also removed Fortnite from its Android application store for similar reasons, although in this case it seems less urgent for users because there are alternatives to the Play Store with which to continue downloading the game .
