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Apple fights back and sued the makers of “Fortnite”
The litigation with Epic Games moves to the next round.
In the dispute over Apple’s App Store, the iPhone company is fighting back and is now demanding compensation from the creators of the online game “Fortnite”.
Developer Epic Games violated its contract with Apple and illegally cheated the group for revenue, according to a countersuit filed Tuesday in California.
Epic no longer wanted to comply with the requirement that had been in place for more than a decade that virtual in-game items on iPhones and iPads can only be offered through Apple’s in-app purchase system, where Apple retains the 30 percent of the purchase price. .
Without “Robin Hood”
After Apple rejected the changes to the terms and conditions, the developers built into the app the contractually prohibited option to purchase items directly from Epic. For this purpose, a hidden in-app feature was activated in August that Epic had smuggled to Apple’s app reviewers. On the same day, Apple released “Fortnite” with reference to the App Store rule violation. Epic immediately went to court accusing Apple of unfair competition.
Apple rejected the allegations in its counterclaim and is also demanding in court what the group believes was a breach of the contract with Epic. The iPhone group also criticized the fact that the makers of “Fortnite” ultimately wanted to establish their own app store within the Apple platform. Epic presents itself as a modern Robin Hood, but in reality it is a billion dollar company that does not want to pay anything for the benefits it makes through the App Store.
(dsc / sda / dpa)
