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Apple is not blocking Epic Games from updating Fortnite in the European Union


I'm an App Store developer, and for the sake of all developers, I hope that Epic Games prevails in court against Apple. Nonetheless, I personally value truth and honesty above my financial interests, and thus I have a problem with some of the statements made by Epic Games and its CEO Tim Sweeney on the social media service formerly known as Twitter.

Nonetheless, I personally value truth and honesty above my financial interests, and thus I have a problem with some of the statements made by Epic Games and its CEO Tim Sweeney on the social media service formerly known as Twitter. We did not take any action to remove the live version of Fortnite from alternative distribution marketplaces in the EC Later—that evening in the US, the next day in the EU—the Epic Games Newsroom account tweeted: We are going back to US court to argue that Apple is again violating the injunction.As a result, Fortnite is offline on iOS in the European Union indefinitely despite being distributed through the Epic Games Store there.

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