If Epic Games call up newEU laws enabling third - party to set up shopon Apple program were a ticket to Fortnite ’s return to iPhone , those promise seem to have been dashed .
agree to Epic , Apple has delete its recently restore developer account statement , which would have enable it to launch the Epic Games Store – with Fortnite at its centre – in Europe .
In a blog post today , just one day after Apple releasediOS 17.4to comply with the Digital Markets Act , Epic says Apple has terminated its developer account . And Epic is far from happy about it .
“ This is a serious violation of the DMA and prove Apple has no intention of allowing dependable competition on iOS devices , ” the company say in the explosiveblog mail .
“ In terminating Epic ’s developer account , Apple is taking out one of the largest potential competitors to the Apple App Store . They are undermining our power to be a executable competitor and they are showing other developers what bump when you attempt to vie with Apple or are vital of their unfair practices . ”
Epic also shared that Apple has called the Fortnite - manufacturing business “ verifiably untrustworthy ” in sound correspondence on the thing . In its public communication , Apple , said it was fully justified in kvetch Epic out of the dev nine because of an “ egregious breach of contractual obligations ” .
In a statement reported by9to5Mac , Apple said : “ Epic ’s rank rupture of its contractual obligations to Apple chair courts to fix that Apple has the right hand to terminate ‘ any or all of Epic Games ’ wholly owned subsidiary company , affiliates , and/or other entity under Epic Games ’ control condition at any time and at Apple ’s lonesome free will . ’ In light of Epic ’s past and ongoing behaviour , Apple chose to exercise that right . ”
Apple and Epic have been at war since 2020 when Epic attempted to bypass App Store guidepost by setting up its own market place within Fortnite . A protracted legal battle saw Apple largely follow out on top . However , the EU guidelines that have now been put into place are exactly what Epic was campaigning for in the first place . It seems the society wo n’t be among those capable to take advantage .
