Epic's new UK filing wants Apple to put Fortnite back into the App StoreWhat you need to know
Epic Games has filed a complaint in the UK in an attempt to get Fortnite back into the App Store.
Here we go again.
Updated January 14, 2021: iMore has received a statement from Epic Games' VP Communications and Policy, Tera Randall. It's been added to the bottom of this post.
Epic Games today pushed its battle with Apple a step further by filing a complaint with the UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal in an attempt to get Fortnite back into the App Store on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
First spotted by Bloomberg, the complaint makes for quite the read.
Epic says that Apple is abusing its position in the market to prevent Epic from providing Fortnite to gamers. Ignoring the fact that it broke App Store rules to put it in that position.
Epic alleges that Apple is dominant in the iOS app distribution market, and the iOS in-app payment processing market. Epic alleges that by:
(a) reserving to itself the sole channel for the distribution of apps to and/or th...
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Epic's new UK filing wants Apple to put Fortnite back into the App Store
