Fortnite players slam “petty” Apple for bringing end to iPhone users
Epic Games / LoFi AlpacaFortnite players have been left furious after Epic Games has revealed that Apple has “terminated” their developer account on iOS for iPhone users.
After Apple ended up winning the lawsuit against Epic Games, Fortnite has not returned to the iOS App Store since.
Even though it was announced that the game would be finally returning for European users, Epic has received another major blow.
Epic Games has officially announced that their developer accounts have been terminated by Apple. This has left players outraged and fearing that Fortnite will never return to iPhone.
Fortnite players furious after Apple terminates Epic’s dev account
On March 6, Epic Games announced in an official blog titled: “Apple terminated Epic’s Developer Account.”
“We recently announced that Apple approved our Epic Games Sweden AB developer account. We intended to use that account to bring the Epic Games Store and Fortnite to iOS devices in Europe thanks to the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
“To our surprise, Apple has terminated that account and now we cannot develop the Epic Games Store for iOS. This is a serious violation of the DMA and shows Apple has no intention of allowing true competition on iOS devices.”
Players soon flooded the comments to express their frustrations. One player commented: “Epic Games stepping up to build their own store is a pretty bold move, but it’s about time someone challenged the status quo.
One simply commented, “This is so petty and ironic. The joke writes itself.”
Another stated, “Apple is a technological embarrassent at this point.”
Apple set to face questions from European Union
According to Bloomberg, Apple will face further questioning from the European Union over the accused termination of the Epic Games developer account in Europe.
It was reported that Apple has been asked by the EU commission to provide further explanation of their reasonings behind the termination.
As well as this, it was said that the regulators were “examining whether Apple’s behavior may have fallen foul of other digital rules over transparency with business users.”
At the time of writing, Apple has not responded to the situation regarding the termination of Epic’s developer account or what it means for the future of Fortnite on iPhone devices.