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Apple threatens to boot Epic–including Unreal Engine–off Mac and iOS
- hnick 6y agoThe relevant part from the PDF of the filing: "Just over two weeks ago, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook was asked during a Congressional hearing whether Apple has “ever retaliated against or disadvantaged a developer who went public about their frustrations with the App Store”. Mr. Cook testified, “We do not retaliate or bully people. It’s strongly against our company culture.” But Apple has done just that. When Epic gave users of its app Fortnite a choice of how they wanted to make purchases, Apple retaliated by removing Fortnite from its App Store. Then when Epic sued Apple to break its monopoly on app stores and in-app payments, Apple retaliated ferociously. It told Epic that by August 28, Apple will cut off Epic’s access to all development tools necessary to create software for Apple’s platforms—including for the Unreal Engine Epic offers to third-party developers, which Apple has never claimed violated any Apple policy." Edit: Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24190556 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24190556 [much bigger thread, same topic]
- jjeaff 6y agoThat first example is a proper response to an action that is against the app store guidelines. The second example definitely sounds like vindictive retaliation.