Isigqibo seMidlalo ye-Epic sokutsiba isango lokuhlawula i-Apple kwaye iphumeze eyayo, ekhokelele ekugxothweni kweFortnite kwiVenkile yeApp, Yayingeyonto yosuku olunye. (into esinokuyicinga) kwaye oko kuye kwaqinisekiswa ngokusemthethweni yi-CEO ye-Epic Games, uTim Sweeney.
Tim Sweeny wanika udliwano-ndlebe I-CNN ishishini apho uthi inkampani uchithe iinyanga ezininzi elungiselela ukumangalela uApple. Eli tyala labizwa ngokuba yiProjekthi yeNkululeko, ityala elabhengezwa kwiiyure nje ezimbalwa zokususwa kukaFortnite kwivenkile yeapp yeApple.
Ngokuka-Sweeny, umbono wesimangalo wawunjalo vula iqonga le-Apple kubaphuhlisi abancinci, ukuze babe nenkululeko engakumbi, into esinokuthi bayizuzile xa kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, i-Apple ibhengeze ukuncitshiswa kwekhomishini eseleyo kwintengo nganye evela kubaphuhlisi ababiza ngaphezu kwesigidi esinye se-euro ngonyaka, kubandakanya ikhomishini ye-Apple.
Imidlalo ye-Epic, enexabiso lemarike ye-stock market ye-17.300 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, ihlawuliswe i-1.300 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ekuthengeni ngaphakathi kweFortnite ngo-2020 kwaye ekubeni ingeyonkampani ethengiswe esidlangalaleni, inokuzimela ngokwezemali ukuze ikwazi ukwenza ityala layo ngokuchasene ne-Apple kunye neGoogle.
Ngokuphathelele imali enokuthi yeka ukungena Kubo bonke abasebenzisi be-iOS abayekile ukudlala iFortnite, uSweeny akazange athethe. Kodwa ukuba siqwalasela idatha evela kwi-Sensor Tower, ukususela ekuqalisweni kwe-Fortnite kwi-App Store, yenze i-1.200 yeebhiliyoni zeedola.
Ingxaki ngale data kukuba Luqikelelo kwaye aluveli hayi kwi-Apple okanye kwiMidlalo ye-Epic, ngoko ke kunokwenzeka ukuba ayihambelani nenyani. Ukuba loo manani ebechanekile, ndiyathandabuza kakhulu iMidlalo ye-Epic ingaluma isandla esondlayo.
Ezi nkcazo zibonisa, kwakhona, ukuba Ithagethi yetyala ibisoloko iyi-Apple hayi iGoogle (i-ecosystem apho i-Fortnite inokufakwa ngaphandle kwayo nayiphi na imida nge-installer ye-Epic). Sinokuthi uGoogle ulixhoba lesibambiso sesi simangalo kwaye ayinakushiywa ngokunikezela ngeemeko zemali ezifanayo malunga nekhomishini eyithathayo ekuthengeni ngalunye.