
The battle between Epic Games and Apple has still not ended. Recently, Apple filed another lawsuit against Epic Games Fortnite citing the reason behind the sudden ban of the App Store to the famous game. Epic Games was compared to a ‘shoplifter’ by Apple through the statement. The game’s application for the in-game payment system was criticized by Apple and was accused of violating its policy guidelines when it comes to the developers.
Apple said that they cannot approve the request of in-game payment as it will only lose them their 30% cut from the digital payments. As explained, it was like when someone buys inside an Apple store and just stole it.”If developers can avoid the digital checkout, it is the same as if a customer leaves an Apple retail store without paying for shoplifted product: Apple does not get paid,”” said on the filed lawsuit. Simply saying that the tech company needs to get paid.
Discussion Questions:
- Identify three key takeaways from the article. What did you find most interesting?
- Why is Apple suing Epic Games? Do you think Apple has a valid argument?
- What do you think will be the outcome of the lawsuit?
Source: Jami Pancho, “Apple Only Wants One Thing From Epic’s Fortnite: ‘Get us Paid!’”, www.techtimes.com, August 22, 2020.
