
Epic Games was booted from the App Store last year after it triggered an update in its Fortnite game that bypassed the Apple payment system that collects commissions. — Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO: While Apple chief Tim Cook touts the brand’s App Store as an economic miracle, Fortnite-maker Epic Games says developers suffer under its tyranny.
The online shop – the only way software apps can get onto iPhones or other Apple mobile devices – is at the heart of a trial opening on May 3 in a US federal court across the bay from San Francisco.
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