There are many role-playing games for iPhone and other similar themes. However, Fortnite is still the one that gives the most talk in the Apple ecosystem. The legal battle between Apple and Epic Games continues, since the Fortnite developers saw more than a week ago how the Californian company fulfilled its threat and canceled its App Store account after having challenged them with the implementation of in-app purchases in the game through its own services, thereby bypassing the regulations imposed in the app store. The creators of the popular video game are now asking for the return of their title to the Apple store, but without just giving their arm to twist.
Epic Games shields itself from iOS users
The whole axis of the controversy revolves around a single thing: the 30% commission that Apple pockets for each in-app purchase that occurs in a game or application present in the App Store. This fee has been in the app store for years, and regardless of whether it’s fair or not, developers have no choice but to accept it if they want to stay there. Something similar happens in the Android Play Store, which also banned Fortnite for identical reasons. Of course, devices with the Google operating system have other download methods through third-party services that cannot be accessed on iOS, for security reasons.
The creators of Fortnite launched their own payment service that circumvented the rules imposed by Apple and did so thoroughly. In fact, shortly after Apple reacted by blocking its app, they launched an aggressive campaign on social networks against the brand. After not having reconsidered and having applied the rules of the App Store, they saw how their developer account was eliminated on August 28. Now they hide behind gamers, putting Apple back in the role of aggressor, claiming that it is a bad decision to isolate one billion iOS users from enjoying their video game.
These comments have been issued in a petition to the Northern District Court of California, also adding that Apple abuses its power, exercising monopoly practices by forcing developers to comply with its rules. Epic Games is shown to be an advocate for all developers by stating that they faced the company for being a large company and being able to bear the consequences unlike what a small company would.
Precisely Apple is being investigated along with Amazon, Google, Facebook and others for these reasons, but the truth is that there is still no verdict and the investigation is expected to go on for a long time. It is not known if Apple will finally have to lower its rate of 30% or not, but today it is what developers will have to assume whether they like it or not. At the moment the courts have not clearly opted for either party, although they have agreed with Apple in their decision to block Epic accounts, which is evident considering that they were the ones who skipped the regulations. We will remain attentive to new information on this matter that has already become the soap opera of the summer.
