Still In The Case Of Fortnite, Apple Sues Against Epic Games

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JAKARTA - The chaos between Apple and Epic Games continues. Moreover, the cupertino giant also took legal steps and sued the Fortnite game developer to court.

In the lawsuit, Apple accused Epic Games of violating its contract with the iOS App Store. According to Apple, this case can still disrupt the iOS ecosystem and other Apple devices.

"Epic Games' neglect of commitment to contracts and other violations caused significant losses for Apple. If left unchecked, Epic's behavior threatens the existence of the iOS ecosystem and its very valuable value to consumers," Apple wrote in the lawsuit, as quoted by The Verge. , Monday, Tuesday 15 September.

This lawsuit is in response to Epic Games' lawsuit against Apple which was registered last August. Where in the lawsuit, Epic Games accused Apple of monopolizing by collecting a 30 percent commission from every software in the App Store.

So far, Epic Games has lost 60 percent of its players who come from iOS users. This is stated in Epic Games' motion to consider the more than 116 million gamers who have played Fortnite on iPhone or iPad.

On the other hand, currently Fortnite players are excited about the arrival of Season 4 and the latest collaboration between Epic Games and Marvel that brings their heroes into the game. But unfortunately this joy cannot be enjoyed by IOS users.

Easing Policy

Recently, Apple Inc. is reported to have revised several policies, including the payment method on the App Store. Given Apple's conflict with the game developer Fortnite, Epic Games over this issue.

Quoted from Reuters, Apple will allow streaming game companies to catalog applications something that has been banned in the App Store. Each game in the catalog must have its own application and use Apple's payment system.

The new rules allow private virtual classes, of one person, to be paid using a payment system outside of Apple, however, classes for groups must stick to Apple's payment system, which is subject to a 30 percent commission.

Meanwhile, for applications that connect to paid services outside of these applications, for example email or cloud services, there is no need to use Apple's payment system.