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Epic could have used the same developer account for both Unreal Engine and Fornite development knowing full well that Apple would have to either allow both or b
by threeseed 6y ago
Epic could have used the same developer account for both Unreal Engine and Fornite development knowing full well that Apple would have to either allow both or ban both.
They had ads and lawsuits ready when they pulled the trigger on this chain of events so it wouldn't surprise me if they made sure that the Unreal Engine issue was included.
- scq 6y agoThey didn't use the same developer account, if I'm reading the order correctly the developer accounts used for Unreal Engine and Fortnite did not even belong to the same legal entity. * Epic Games, Inc. develops Fortnite and has an Apple developer account that it is released under. * Epic Games International, S.a.r.l. develops Unreal Engine and holds its own Apple developer account.
- high_density 6y agoI don't think Epic use the same account on purpose -- I mean, why pay x2 the fees?
- madeofpalk 6y agowell, the fee's are only like $99/year. a rounding error, really.
- StavrosK 6y agoApple can ban just Fortnite (and any other infringing app) a la carte, without banning the entire account, so they wouldn't need to ban or allow both in the first place.