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In a connection to Bloomberg, Apple said that Epic Games tied its U.S. App Store submission to the update that was besides being submitted to the Epic Games Store for iOS successful the European Union. Apple told Epic Games to resubmit the update without the U.S. component.
We asked that Epic Sweden resubmit the app update without including the US storefront of the App Store truthful arsenic not to interaction Fortnite successful different geographies. We did not instrumentality immoderate enactment to region the unrecorded mentation of Fortnite from alternate organisation marketplaces successful the EC.
This morning, Epic Games claimed that Apple blocked its Fortnite submission worldwide. "Apple blocked our Fortnite submission truthful we cannot merchandise to the US App Store oregon to the Epic Games Store for iOS successful the European Union," Epic Games said. The institution went connected to assertion that Fortnite connected iOS volition beryllium "offline worldwide until Apple unblocks it."
Given Apple's clarification, it sounds similar Epic Games has decided to instrumentality Fortnite offline successful the European Union alternatively than submitting an update that does not see Fortnite for the U.S. App Store. By tying the updates unneurotic and suggesting Apple is denying Fortnite's organisation worldwide, Epic Games could rally lawmakers and customers to propulsion backmost astatine Apple's effort to "block" Fortnite successful the U.S.
Fortnite gets play updates, and the updates request to spell retired for each platforms astatine the aforesaid time. Apple didn't region Fortnite from the iOS Epic Games Store successful the European Union, but by denying the Fortnite submission, the EU mentation of the crippled won't get the update connected time. Epic Games could region the U.S. App Store mentation of Fortnite from its app submission successful bid to update the EU mentation and support it functional, but it's not yet wide if Epic plans to bash so.
Fortnite has been banned from the U.S. App Store since 2020, and Epic Games does not person a valid U.S. developer account. Last year, to administer Fortnite successful the European Union utilizing an alternate app marketplace, Epic Games created a subsidiary, Epic Games Sweden. Because Epic Games has nary U.S. developer account, the institution utilized Epic Games Sweden to taxable Fortnite to the U.S. App Store.
In the Epic Games vs. Apple lawsuit, Apple was astatine nary constituent forced to let Fortnite backmost successful the App Store, and it was made wide that Apple does not person an work to administer Fortnite.
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said up of Apple's determination that helium would beryllium "very surprised" if Apple "decided to brave the geopolitical tempest of blocking a large app from iOS," but the world is that Fortnite hasn't been disposable done the iPhone and iPad App Store for the past 5 years.
Apple was precocious ordered to alteration its App Store rules to let developers to nonstop customers to acquisition options extracurricular of the App Store successful the U.S., which is wherefore Epic Games thought it would beryllium capable to bring Fortnite backmost to the U.S. App Store, but Apple is upholding the ban. There is thing successful the bid that changes the concern with Fortnite.
This article, "Apple Says Fortnite for iOS Isn't Blocked Worldwide, Just the U.S." archetypal appeared connected MacRumors.com
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