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Epic Games said on Friday that he had submitted Fortnite to Apple The App Store, the month after a judge ruled in favor of the game in an outrageous decision.
Fortnite was started from Apple iPhones and App Store in 2020, after Epic Games updated its software to connect to the company’s website to avoid Apple commissions, drawing Apple’s anger and launching a legal battle that lasted years.
The decision of last month, a victory for the Epic Games, said that Apple was not authorized to invoice a commission on the links or dictate if the links resemble buttons, opening the way to the return of Fortnite.
Apple will always have the possibility of rejecting Fortnite’s submission. An Apple representative did not respond to a request for comments. Apple is attractive the decision of contempt for last month.
The announcement of Epic Games is the last salvo of the battle between it an apple, which took place in the courts and with regulators from around the world since 2020.
The decision of last month has already changed the economy of application development for iPhones. Apple takes between 15% and 30% of purchases made using its integrated payment system. The link with the web avoids these costs. Apple has briefly authorized to allow links under its system, but it would charge a commission of 27%, before the decision last month.
The developers, including Amazon and Spotify, have already updated their applications to avoid Apple commissions and direct customers to their own websites for payment.
For example, before last month, the Amazon Kindle application told users that they could not buy book in the iPhone application. After a recent update, the application now displays an Orange “Get Book” button that links to the Amazon website.
Fortnite has been available for iPhones in Europe since last year, via Epic Games’ Store. Third -party application stores are authorized in Europe under the Digital Markets Act. Users were also able to play Fortnite on iPhones and iPad via cloud game services.
