Apple’s App Store draws developer ire and legal challenge

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.