Epic Games has taken to Twitter to name out Apple for rejecting the corporate’s app submission, claiming that it is arbitrary and obstructive.
“Apple has rejected our Epic Games Store notarization submission twice now, claiming the design and place of Epic’s ‘Set up’ button is just too much like Apple’s ‘Get’ button and that our ‘In-app purchases’ label is just too much like the App Store’s ‘In-App Purchases’ label,” Epic Games explained.
Epic Games continued, saying that it’s utilizing the identical “Set up” and “In-app purchases” naming conventions which can be used on a number of completely different fashionable app shops and platforms. Epic additionally mentioned that it’s constructing a retailer that cellular customers can simply perceive and is following normal design conventions in iOS apps.
“Apple’s rejection is unfair, obstructive, and in violation of the DMA, and we have shared our issues with the European Fee,” mentioned Epic Games. “Barring additional roadblocks from Apple, we stay able to launch within the Epic Games Store and Fortnite on iOS within the EU within the subsequent couple of months.”
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney additionally chimed in, claiming that Apple is misusing its app evaluate course of by delaying potential rivals. “Now it’s disheartening to see Apple twist its once-honest notarization course of into one other vector to control and thwart competitors,” he said.
Again in 2022, the European Union handed the Digital Markets Act, which allowed Epic Games to get a developer account from Apple and make its personal app retailer. Consequently, Epic Games would be capable to sidestep Apple’s 30% platform charges. Nevertheless, Apple revoked Epic’s entry for a short while earlier this yr, however ultimately reinstated it.
At the moment, there are not any accessible methods to play Fortnite natively on iOS units, however due to the Digital Markets Act, that’ll change in a number of months, at the very least for European gamers.