It's the soap opera of the summer, and we're not referring to the rumors surrounding Apple's upcoming devices. We refer to the war between Epic Games and Apple. You know, we have been talking for several days about the withdrawal of Fortnite from the Apple Store due to an update that allowed making payments in the game without going through the Apple payment gateway. Apple withdrew Fortnite from the Apple Store and got messy… According to Epic Games, Apple abuses its power; According to Apple, Epic Games violates App Store rules and makes payments unsafe. A soap opera that we do not know how it will be solved and to which a statement from Epic Games has just been added for everyone who played from an Apple device. After the jump we tell you all the details ...
They just sent it in several languages, Epic Games' explanation of why the new Fortnite season cannot be played from an iOS device. The worst of all is that we will not be able to play with our friends either since crossplay is eliminated. Then we leave you with an extract of what the guys from Epic Games say in the email they are sending to all users who played Fortnite from an Apple device:
Apple has blocked Fortnite updates and new installations on the App Store, and they have said that they will end the development of Fortnite on Apple devices. Therefore, the update for season 4 of chapter 2 (v14.00), was not released on iOS and macOS on August 27.
If you have already downloaded Fortnite on the App Store, you should be able to continue playing update 13.40 of season 3 of chapter 2. Note: since the battle pass of season 3 ended on August 27, it is no longer possible to advance further on any platform.
Apple limits competition to collect up to 30% of payments consumers make on apps like Fortnite, driving up prices. Epic has lowered prices with the inclusion of a direct payment option, but Apple has blocked Fortnite to prevent Epic from avoiding this fee by receiving direct payments from players. Epic has taken legal action to end Apple's anti-competitive restrictions in the mobile device markets. Documentation available from the archives of August 13, August 17 and August 23. In response to this action, Apple has blocked your access to Fortnite updates and new installations on all iOS devices.
What will happen to all this? Well, they ended up becoming friends. I see a One More Thing with Epic Games in a Keynote talking about exclusives of their games for the Apple Store. You will see, in the end both Apple and Epic are interested in getting along because of the income that one has thanks to the other. Time to time…
What a waste of time to follow up on this, it is a GAME, IT DOES NOT GENERATE ANYTHING OTHER THAN EXPENSES, don't you have anything better to cover?
They follow it up whether you want to or not, everyone likes gossip! XD
It shows that you have no children ... Wait for school to start, children with iPhone have gone from being the most to being social plagues right now who cannot play season 4 of Fortnite.
They gave a lot of hype to exclusivity and now they can't play.
You will see what laughs this Christmas when the children ask for a mobile "but what can you play Fortnite, eh?"
Apple will have to give in sooner or later, by hook or by crook. It cannot be that Netflix and other audiovisual platforms are at ease with their content and pricing plans, but instead with video games, Apple must be paid a toll for each transaction.
The sooner they equate the situation to Netflix and so on, the better. Users don't need to pay for it (literally).
How interesting is your comment, so what do you suggest is that Apple let them use the Apple Store without charging them? Well, that's a business for Apple, right? XD
Users are not to blame that Epic Games wants to give Apple a pulse and wants to get more benefits from a platform in which in their day to enter it they already accepted the economic conditions that Apple marked them by contract as developers. If they now want to breach their agreement, they don't have to get us into their war by harming users.
The problem is that as a user you have to go through the hoop to install something on the phone. Apple says what you can and cannot do with your (its) phone.
You pay a fortune and it is still not free.
The logical thing is that there would be the option of using another store or the possibility of installing individual applications under the responsibility of the client. "If you want to install that app you lose the warranty" and everything is fixed.
But Apple's greed disguises it as paternalism that wants your data or card not to be stolen ... Yeah, of course.
iPhone was Merkel's phone when the US spied on her. iPhones are the phones of Spanish ministers spied on in August. Security? Do not.