Apple has abruptly reversed a decision to ban Epic Games, the maker of “Fortnite,” from launching its own app store on iOS in Europe — just a day after European Union officials said they were investigating the matter.
  • notfromhere@lemmy.ml
    116·
    10 months ago

    FTFA:

    Apple said it reached the decision “following conversations with Epic” in which Epic committed to following Apple’s new EU-focused policies.

    “Epic Sweden AB has been permitted to re-sign the developer agreement and accepted into the Apple Developer Program,” Apple said in a statement.

    How is that Apple backing down? Looks like Epic admitted to ducking up and promised to follow the rules, so Apple let them back in.

    • lud@lemm.ee
      14·
      10 months ago

      Epic CEO Tim Sweeney wrote back to Apple promising to abide by its terms, but Apple rescinded the developer account anyway.

      In a statement after the emails were published, Apple publicly justified the move by referencing US court rulings that affirmed Apple’s right to terminate Epic’s accounts for any reason.

      Now, however, Apple appears to have relented in the face of pushback by EU officials — paving the way for Epic, and “Fortnite,” to again become available to players on iOS in Europe.

      Did you read the rest of the article. Apple didn’t back down when Epic promised to abide by the rules. They backed down when the EU got involved.

      Apple also listed reasons for disabling the account being criticism of Apple. Which is ludicrous.

    • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
      115·
      10 months ago

      They didn’t break any rules before, Apple just shut them down because their intention was to create competition which the EU said was allowed