Just before midnight on the Friday before Labor Day weekend – we’re curious about the time – Epic Games has pushed the button on its popular legal proceedings against Apple Pal’s ban. Fornite.
There is no question that Epic will file for a preliminary injunction against Apple in an attempt to force the iPhone manufacturer to bring. Fornite Back to the App Store – the hearing was already scheduled for September 28th. But now, you can read the company’s full argument (here’s a PDF; it’s also embedded below) and decide if you think Judge Yvonne Gonzalez is likely to be Rogers’ platoon.
You may recall that Judge Rogers was already unwilling to issue a temporary restraining order against Apple Pal to protect Epic’s games, in part because Epic did not prove it was actually harmed, and in part because the judge felt that Epic “strategically violated his agreements. Likes to break. Apple with Pal ”and so at least partially blamed.
But in the new filing, Epic argues that its reputation has been damaged more than ever: “After removing Fortnite from the App Store, the number of daily active users on iOS has dropped by more than 60%.” (Measure that September 2nd, if you’re curious; at the time Fornite Was effectively split into two different games.)
Epic says iOS is the biggest platform for that Fornite, Also: 116 million registered users, or a third of the 350 million registered users, says Epic Fornite He is tempted. Fortn percent Fortnite users on iOS only use Fortnite on iOS and for many it is the only way to play the game.
Epic says it is concerned that it will “never see these users again” (in terms of a 60 percent reduction); That its Fornite The community of players is divided; And some of them non-Fornite Consumers have also suffered collateral losses. As we reported last week, some of Epic’s other games are no longer available for re-download, and Epic says its Shadow Complex Remaster Even after Apple terminated Epic’s developer account, the Mac has been removed from the App Store.
Epic has also claimed that Apple Paul itself, for at least a year, is threatening to reject any attempt to apply for a new developer account, citing Paul’s communications itself, and arguing that it denies the opportunity to harm. to it. At least for the next year, one in a billion plus one new user in iOS ”is a loss to make an initial order.
Too much to read in a full document. The first motion runs 38 pages, not to mention the attachments carried out by Epic.
Apple Play did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but we weren’t really expecting them at this time.
We’ll see what happens on September 28th.
