Apple faces heat from EU antitrust cops for blocking ‘Fortnite’ maker’s app store plans in Europe
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Apple will get grilled by European Union antitrust cops in the coming days after it blocked “Fortnite” maker Epic Games from launching its own app store for iPhone customers -- a brazen move that came even as it faced a deadline to comply with a sweeping European tech competition law.
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Epic Games says Apple retaliated over lawsuits by banning company's developer account
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Apple faces heat from EU antitrust cops for blocking ‘Fortnite’ maker’s app store plans in Europe
Apple has banned Epic’s developer account just after the launch of iOS 17.4, which allowed third-party storefronts in the EU to accommodate the DMA. This puts Epic’s planned storefront in jeopardy.
The EU will question Apple over the legitimacy of its decision to ban Epic Games' developer account. It's the latest in a series of clashes between the two tech companies.
European Union regulators said they want to question Apple over accusations that it blocked video game company Epic Games from setting up its own app store, in a possible violation of digital rules that took effect in the 27-nation bloc Thursday.
Apple will get grilled by European Union antitrust cops in the coming days after it blocked “Fortnite” maker Epic Games from launching its own app store for iPhone customers -- a brazen move that came even as it faced a deadline to comply with a sweeping European tech competition law.
Apple escalated its feud with Epic Games on Wednesday, blocking the Fortnite video-game maker from launching its own online marketplace on iPhones and iPads in Europe.
Apple has backtracked on its decision to ban Epic Games' developer account. The reversal means that Epic will be able to bring its own app store to iPhones and iPads in the EU, in turn letting the company bring Fortnite back those devices in the bloc.
Apple has reversed course under regulatory pressure and cleared the way for a nettlesome adversary, video game maker Epic Games, to set up an alternative store for iPhone apps in Europe. The about-face disclosed Friday is the latest twist in a bitter fight between Apple and Epic Games, the maker of …
By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — Apple has abruptly reversed a decision to ban Epic Games, the maker of “Fortnite,” from launching its own app store on iOS in Europe — just a day after European Union officials said they were investigating the matter.
Epic Games said Apple reinstated the "Fortnite" game maker's developer account in Sweden after Apple terminated it amid a dispute, allowing Epic Games to proceed with plans to launch a competing app store in Europe.
Apple has abruptly reversed a decision to ban Epic Games, the maker of “Fortnite,” from launching its own app store on iOS in Europe — just a day after European Union officials said they were investigating the matter.
Apple restored “Fortnite” maker Epic Games’ ability to offer its own app store to iPhone customers in Europe on Friday – just one day after European Union regulators suggested its brazen move to block Epic may have violated a sweeping new antitrust law.
