Gonzalez Rogers envisages a potential procedure of criminal contempt for Apple violations; She also says in the document that Apple’s vice-president of finance “was pure and simple in the oath” when it asked for fees of 27%.
After the decision, the CEO of Epic Games, Tim Sweeney, posted on X to announce that the Epic Games “will come back Fortnite At the IOS IOS App Store next week. In addition, if Apple removes third -party payment costs worldwide, Epic Games will put Fortnite Back on the iOS App Store worldwide and “suppress current and future disputes on the subject”. Fortnite is unavailable via the IOS App Store since 2020, when Apple has blocked the game for the EPIC game attempt to bypass payment costs.
The only warning in FortniteThe return of the iOS app store is that, like all other applications, Apple must approve it before being accessible to the public. Apple had previously blocked one of Epic Games’ developer accounts, but Sweeney said on Wednesday that Epic Games had others that he could use. He intends to download Fortnite for approval this way. “We just have to see what Apple does,” said Sweeney. “Apple could arbitrarily reject Epic of the App Store despite that we follow all the rules. But, you know, they should face various consequences.”
When Fortnite Was removed from the App Store, Epic Games added a skin to the game which was a symbol of its current battle: the pie magnate, a clever businessman with an apple for his head. Sweeney told Press on Wednesday that Epic Games had prepared second skin in the anticipation of reaching reconciliation with Apple. “If we are able to reach the resolution with Apple, it may be possible for our players to have the possibility of winning the holding of Pine Patron,” said Sweeney. Epic Games refused to share more information on the skin of the pie boss.
Apple does not seem to agree with the decision, it therefore seems that the pattern of pie can be extinguished; The company did not respond to Polygon’s request for comments, but a spokesperson told the rod that he “was strongly disagreed with the decision”. Apple intends to comply with the order while using it.
From registration, Apple cannot impose costs, restrict or block how developers place links to purchases outside the application and use “frightening screens” to dissuade users from leaving the application.
“Apple deliberately I chose not to comply with the injunction of this court, “wrote Gonzalez Rogers.” He did it with the express intention to create new anti -competitive barriers which, by design and indeed, would maintain a precious source of income; A source of income was previously anti -competitive. That he thought that this court tolerate such insubordination was a raw calculation error. As always, concealment has aggravated things. For this court, there is no second bite to the apple. »»
