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A judge should be the one to decide if the rules are valid or not. But, for now, this action is entirely on Epic. Epic broke the rules, Apple (and the court,
by ascagnel_ 6y ago
A judge should be the one to decide if the rules are valid or not.
But, for now, this action is entirely on Epic. Epic broke the rules, Apple (and the court, for that matter) said that they would continue to sign and publish Epic's Fortnite updates if they brought Fortnite back in line with their contract, and Epic not only refused to do so, they submitted more Fortnite updates that broke the rules, before eventually entirely removing Apple's IAP from the iOS version of Fortnite (just before Epic's developer account was banned).
One other thing to consider: even if the IAP rules are invalid, Apple still can decide who it wants to do business with (unless the court rules iOS an essential facility, which basically invalidates the entire closed ecosystem business model, which would really up-end the tech world).
- paulryanrogers 6y agoI don't think you can go before a judge without having the rules enforced against you.
- ascagnel_ 6y agoI think Epic initially violating the rules and getting Fortnite taken down initially would have been enough of an action to justify the suit. Epic willfully not coming back into compliance with their contract is entirely on them, and lends more credence to actions Apple take against them.
- TheCoelacanth 6y agoA judge can't decide that until someone actually breaks them and then takes that to court. Someone needs to have "standing" to challenge the rule.
- colejohnson66 6y agoDid you miss the part where Apple and the judge said that Epic could remove the “offending” code and they’d be let back on without the case being dismissed?
- nodamage 6y agoThis is incorrect. Epic already has standing from the fact that Apple has collected $300 million in Fortnite IAP fees. They could have sued to recover those fees without also getting Fortnite removed from the App Store.