Online game Fortnite sues Apple after getting kicked off App Store for sidestepping payment system

[Zorro]

Popular video game Fortnite was no longer appearing on the App Store after its maker, Epic Games, announced a cheaper payment system that sidestepped Apple’s.

Epic Games, maker of popular online video game Fortnite, said Thursday it is suing Apple over “anticompetitive conduct” after tech giant kicked the game’s app off its App Store.

Apple booted the video game off its App Store after the gaming company released a payment system that sidestepped Apple’s.

Fortnite maker Epic Games released a feature Wednesday that lets users choose how they want to pay for in-app purchases — either through the App Store or Play Store, or from Epic directly, which saves up to 20 percent. By Thursday, Fortnite had been removed from the store.

For years, Apple has strictly enforced its policy of charging app developers a 30% cut of whatever money they earn in payments from Apple customers. In some cases, the fee is only 15%.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/08/13/fortnite-apple-app-store/

[PoliticAverse]

1. Apple will fight to get their cut of every consumer dollar spent. n/t

[Sherman A1]

2. Well

It's their App Store so I would assume it's their rules.