'Fortnite' developer Epic Games announced today that it's seeking a temporary restraining order to prevent Apple from removing the game from its App Store by MattRyanPerez
to prevent Apple from removing the game from its App Store following the studio's move last Thursday to break the tech giant's policy by allowing players to directly purchase items in-game and bypass a 30% cut taken by Apple.that Apple has informed the studio it would"terminate all our developer accounts and cut Epic off from iOS and Mac development tools" on Friday, August 28.
In requesting a temporary restraining order from the U.S. district court in North California, Epic wrote that absent an order,"Epic is likely to suffer irreparable harm," and that,"The public interest supports an injunction.
Epic, clearly prepared for Apple's reaction to its update, released a video parodying Apple's famous 1984 commercial usingcharacters and spreading the hashtag #FreeFortnite, drawing mixed reactions from players and industry insiders. Epic isn't alone in its criticism of Apple's policy: Facebook and Spotify also took aim at the $2 trillion tech giant, which requires all developers to use the App Store's payment system to ensure it can take a 30% cut from all purchases.
In July, Epic's billionaire co-founder and CEO Tim Sweeney told Protocol,"To say that the fact that they have some costs justifies taking 30% of a company's revenue and preventing other companies from competing with them is absolutely abhorrent.
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