On Aug 13, Epic began offering customers a way to directly buy items for Fortnite and circumvent Apple's fee. Hours later, Apple pulled the app. Google followed suit later. — AFP
Apple Inc threatened to remove Epic Games Inc’s developer account, cut off its developer tools and limit its ability to supply key graphics technology to other apps in the latest skirmish in a battle over app store fees.
The iPhone maker’s plans were disclosed in a court filing by Epic on Aug 17. The developer has asked a California federal court to block Apple’s removal of the popular Epic game Fortnite from the App Store. Epic sued Apple last week over the move.
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