It's pretty clear the comment you're replying to means they had no reply. Especially if you've read the article. And the article is now a week old, Apple never

It's pretty clear the comment you're replying to means they had no reply. Especially if you've read the article. And the article is now a week old, Apple never replied to any follow ups from anyone. It's fairly clear that developer relations did give Epic a termination date against Apple's higher level strategy in this case. The higher level employees are who the Verge would be interacting with, so they gave a reply based on their intentions. Of course, then the fact there was indeed a termination bubbled up, so they went radio silence.