Jakarta, Nusantaratv.com – Apple revealed the chief executive of Epic Games, maker of the ‘Fortnite’ game, asked to create a shop gameitself in the App Store. According to Apple, this would upend the iPhone maker ‘s app store business model.
Reporting from Reuters, Saturday (22/8/2020), the disclosure appeared in a court filing on Friday (21/8/2020) in which Apple asked a federal judge in California to reject Epic Games’s request to remain on the App Store, which is a dispute between the two the parties to the payment model within the application. However, Epic did not immediately respond to a request from Reuters to respond to this problem.
Apple removed the popular game ‘Fortnite’ earlier this month after Epic launched its own deep purchase method game which Apple says violates App Store rules. The rule requires game and other applications to use Apple’s in-app payment system, which charges a commission of between 15 percent and 30 percent.
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Epic sued Apple for the removal, claiming the App Store rules violated the Act (UU) antitrust. Epic also launched a campaign with the #FreeFortnite social media push and a parody of Apple’s ‘1984’ ad.
In filing before US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, Apple brought the dispute as part of a broader business dispute, accusing Epic CEO Tim Sweeney of asking for an exception to his rule to create an ‘Epic Games Store’ on the App Store. After turning down the request, Sweeney criticized the way they run the Apple Store, according to Apple.
Apple said Sweeney sent email to Phil Schiller, head of Apple’s App Store, at 2 a.m. who said Epic would no longer adhere to payment rules, and launched its own payment system hours later.
Epic has asked the court to issue an order blocking Apple’s removal of ‘Fortnite’ from the App Store. Epic said the move, along with Apple’s threat to terminate developer accounts, would cause irreparable damage to Epic and should be postponed while the case goes to court.
According to Epic, the termination of its developer account could also hinder its ability to offer a product called ‘Unreal Engine’, a software tool for computer graphics used by hundreds. game other and other applications to support their offerings.
In a court filing on Friday (21/8/2020), Apple called the removal of ‘Fortnite’ from the App Store a ‘self-inflicted wound’ and argued that Judge Rogers should not have granted Epic’s request.
Epic knows very well, in circumventing Apple’s proceedings and breaking its contracts, it is putting all of its relationships with Apple, including the ‘Unreal Engine’ and other projects, at serious risk – Apple wrote in its archives.
Epic made a calculated ruling for infringement, and then went to this Court to declare its customers defaced – continues Apple.
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