Apple removes Fortnite from app store, cant connect to servers. Epic Games Sues.

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Chazore said:

Captain_Yuri said:
Apple Terminates Epic Games' Developer Account

"Update: In a statement, Apple confirmed the account has been removed and said it's disappointing that the termination had to happen.

We are disappointed that we have had to terminate the Epic Games account on the ‌App Store‌. We have worked with the team at Epic Games for many years on their launches and releases. The court recommended that Epic comply with the ‌App Store‌ guidelines while their case moves forward, guidelines they’ve followed for the past decade until they created this situation. Epic has refused. Instead they repeatedly submit Fortnite updates designed to violate the guidelines of the ‌App Store‌. This is not fair to all other developers on the ‌App Store‌ and is putting customers in the middle of their fight. We hope that we can work together again in the future, but unfortunately that is not possible today.

Apple says that the termination applies only to the Epic Games developer account, and it occurred after Epic Games was provided with 14 days to comply with the ‌App Store‌ rules. The removal of the Epic Games account is Apple's standard process for all accounts that defy ‌App Store‌ policies.

Epic no longer has the option to submit apps or updates through its developer account and in-app purchases in the Fortnite app will no longer be a functional option for Fortnite players. Apple says that disabling in-app purchases will protect users as Fortnite's new season launches as Epic had been directing users to Apple's support staff to get purchase refunds. "

https://www.macrumors.com/2020/08/28/apple-terminates-epic-games-developer-account/

This is a clever move, because they now won't ban UE from IOS, but Epic itself instead. Epic had the time to sort this out, but as usual, they stick to their side (they are still doing this in regards to buying up exclusives to harm GoG/Steam). 

Someone finally put them in their rightful place.