Isinqumo sokuqala sejaji ecaleni le-Epic ngokumelene ne-Apple sesivele sikhishiwe: I-Fortnite ngeke ibuyele ku-App Store, okuyilokho u-Epic ayekucele. Vele, i-Apple ngeke ikwazi ukuvimba ukuthuthukiswa nokusatshalaliswa kwe-Unreal Engine.
I-soap opera yalokhu kuphela kwehlobo isivele inesahluko sayo sokuqala esibalulekile, njengoba esazisa Bloomberg. Ekulalelweni kokuqala kwejaji nabameli bakwa-Apple no-Epic, izinsolo ezehlukene zethulwe yiqembu ngalinye, kwathi ngemuva kwazo kwathathwa isinqumo sokuqala. U-Epic wayefuna ukuphoqa u-Apple ukuthi abuyisele i-Fortnite ku-App Store, kufaka phakathi leyo ndlela yokukhokha ehlukile ku-Apple eyadala sonke lesi sigameko. Kodwa-ke, isinqumo besicacile: I-Fortnite ngeke ibuyele ku-App Store, okungenani kuze kube yilapho i-Apple ithatha isinqumo.
Kodwa-ke, kunelinye iphuzu lapho ijaji linikeze isizathu: I-Apple ngeke ikwazi ukuvimba ukuthuthukiswa noma ukusatshalaliswa kwe-Unreal Engine. Phakathi kwezinyathelo i-Apple ezothatha kusukela ngo-Agasti 28 kwakuwukuqeda wonke ama-akhawunti we-Epic kanjiniyela, kufaka phakathi lawo ayebhekene nokwakhiwa kwe-Unreal Engine, injini yemidwebo esetshenziswa imidlalo eminingi yevidiyo ye-iOS ne-macOS (namanye amapulatifomu) . Lesi sinqumo besingenye yezimpikiswano kakhulu, saze savusa namagama ambalwa avela kuMicrosoft esekela i-Epic, futhi ijaji likucacisile lokhu: I-Apple ngeke ikwazi ukuvimbela ukuthuthukiswa noma ukusatshalaliswa kwe-Unreal Engine.
Siphela kanjalo lesi siqephu sokuqala esibalulekile empini phakathi kuka-Apple no-Epic, yize kungeke kube ukuphela noma okubaluleke kakhulu. Kuzoba nokulalelwa okunye ngoSepthemba 28 lapho i-Epic izozama futhi ukuphoqa u-Apple ukuthi abuyisele amaFortnite ku-App Store, kepha ngalokho kusele isikhathi esingaphezu kwenyanga futhi isizini entsha isivele isithuthukile.
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