A tweet from Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney pushed Apple to block the Fortnite maker's competing app store.
There’s petty, and then there’s Apple’s beef with Epic Games. Apple terminated Epic’s developer account on Wednesday, blocking the company’s ability to make its own Epic Games Store for iOS. Why? All because CEO Tim Sweeney wouldn’t stop dunking on Apple’s unfair practices on Twitter/X. “Apple is retaliating against Epic for speaking out against Apple’s unfair and illegal practices, just as they’ve done to other developers time and time again,” Epic Games said in a blog post on Wednesday.
” After years of legal battles between Epic Games and Apple, it appeared the maker of Fortnite was finally getting a chance to make its own app store. European regulators recently passed the Digital Markets Act, which goes into effect this week. The law allows Epic to launch its own marketplace for games on iOS devices, competing with Apple’s App Store. But that victory for Epic Games is now in jeopardy, all over a petty tweet.
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