Okwamanje kubonakala sengathi kuzodingeka ukulinda cishe ngoMeyi 2021 kuze kube wazi imiphumela yokugcina yale mpi esemthethweni phakathi kwe-Apple ne-Epic ecaleni lokwephulwa kwezinqubomgomo zokukhokha ze-Apple ku-App Store.
Ngalo mqondo, iJaji uGonzales Rogers, ophethe leli cala, uyakuqinisekisa lokho ngokusemthethweni ukuvimba i-Unreal Engine nge-Apple akunakwenzeka Ngakho-ke manje okuwukuphela kwento i-Apple engayenza ukuvimba umdlalo wamaFortnite uqobo, into eyenziwe izinyanga ezimbalwa ngemuva kokuthi i-Epic ivumele abasebenzisi bayo ukuthi bathenge ama-turkeys ngokudlula imithetho ye-Apple.
I-Fortnite izohlala ivinjelwe ku-App Store kuze kube isinqumo sokugcina
Esinye seziphetho esenziwe sacaca ngemuva kwesinqumo sokuqala esikhishwe yiJaji uYvonne Gonzalez Rogers, ukuthi abadlali bakwaFortnite bazosala ngaphandle kwakhe e-App Store kuze kube isinqumo sokugcina secala. Lesi sinqumo besivele sithathiwe isikhathi eside futhi uRogers usevele waxwayisa ngo-Agasti ukuthi ngeke afune ukuthi i-Apple ivumele ukulanda lo mdlalo ku-App Store kuze kube isinqumo sokugcina secala.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi i-akhawunti yonjiniyela ye-Epic isetshenziselwe ukunikela Injini Engokoqobo ayikwazi ukuvinjelwa i-Apple futhi lokhu kuchaza esitatimendeni esisemthethweni:
Amakhasimende ethu ancike ku-App Store ukuba yindawo ephephile nethembekile lapho bonke onjiniyela belandela isethi yemithetho efanayo. Siyajabula ukuthi inkantolo ibonile ukuthi isenzo sika-Epic besingalungile nokuthi noma yiziphi izingqinamba okungenzeka ukuthi bahlangabezane nazo zazenziwa yibo uqobo lapho bephula isivumelwano. Sekuyiminyaka eyishumi nambili, i-App Store ibe yingqophamlando maqondana nomfutho kanye nezomnotho konjiniyela abakhulu nabancane. Silangazelela ukuhlanganyela inkantolo ngaleli lifa lezinto ezintsha kanye namandla okuguqula isimo ngonyaka ozayo.
Ngale ndlela, i-Apple iqinisekisa ngokweneliseka isinqumo esenziwe yijaji futhi igcizelela ukuthi iFortnite isiyedume kakhulu kubasebenzisi be-iOS ngenxa ye-App Store, enokulandwa okungaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-130 emhlabeni wonke ngesikhathi itholakala. U-Apple uphinde waveza ukuthi i-Epic Games ikwazile ukusebenzisa wonke ama-API we-iOS, afana ne-Metal ne-Apple SDK ukuthuthukisa isipiliyoni semidlalo ye-Fornite ngakho-ke leso bekuyisizathu esikhulu sokuzama ukuvimba ukusetshenziswa, manje ijaji alisakuvumeli.