Players of the popular shooting game Fortnite using their Apple account to log in should “immediately” make sure their email address and password are up to date, warns Epic, the company behind the game.
Apple will block the login method from Friday, September 11, Epic said. Accounts must therefore have an alternative way of logging in. If not, the user will be locked out of his or her profile.
Epic and Apple are in conflict with each other after Epic tried its own payment system in August Fortnite to add. That was against the sore leg of Apple, which charges a 30 percent commission for digital purchases made through the App Store.
With its own payment system, Epic would not have to hand over that surcharge to Apple. Because Epic violates Apple’s terms with that move, the company has Fortnite removed from the App Store.
The two companies are now fighting the row in the American courts. Epic wants Apple to use the App Store more smoothly, so that companies have more space to install games on iPhones. Apple filed one Tuesday counter-charge to enforce damages for breach of contract.
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