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Epic Games Store Lures EU Developers With Promise to Pay Apple Fees

Epic Games is planning to pay the Apple fees that EU developers incur when distributing their apps through the Epic Games Store, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney...

Sweeney has criticized Apple's Core Technology Fee and app distribution guidelines many times, and he told The Verge today that the CTF is "ruinous for any hopes of a competing store getting a foothold." ‌Epic Games‌ claims that its mobile store can't attract developers because of the fees that Apple charges, with "scare screens" also driving away customers in the EU. Last year, the U.S. passed a law that required Chinese company ByteDance to divest its ownership of TikTok due to potential national security risks, or else the platform would be banned.

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