Fortnite Returning To US iOS Soon After Judge Slams Apple For “Insubordination”
Since 2020, Epic Games and Apple have been engaged in a legal battle over Apple’s use of the App Store. The initial ruling came in 2021, and after a bout of appeals, Apple declared “resounding victory” in April 2023. It seems that declaration may have been hasty, as the judge in the case has filed a major injunction against Apple due to “insubordination”–and in celebration, Epic Games has declared that Fortnite will return to iOS in the US next week.
In the ruling–which was filed April 30 in a California district court–judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers has ruled that Apple can no longer charge commission fees for purchases made outside of the App Store, nor can it block apps from giving users the option to pay outside of the App Store via a standard webpage. Gonzalez Rogers has also referred the case to a US criminal attorney for possible contempt charges, pending review.
“Effective immediately, Apple will no longer impede developers’ ability to communicate with users,” Gonzalez Rogers says in the ruling, “nor will they levy or impose a new commission on off-app purchases.” Gonzales Rogers also rebuked Apple’s “willfully” choosing not to comply with the original 2021 ruling, saying “that [Apple] thought this Court would tolerate such insubordination was a gross miscalculation.”
After the ruling was released, Epic Games founder and CEO Tim Sweeney announced that Fortnite would return to the US iOS App Store “next week.” He also offered Apple what he referred to as a “peace proposal,” saying that “if Apple extends the court’s friction-free, Apple-tax-free framework worldwide, [Epic will] return Fortnite to the App Store worldwide and drop current and future litigation on the topic.”
Apple has said it will appeal the order in a statement to The Verge. “We strongly disagree with the decision,” the statement reads. “We will comply with the court’s order and we will appeal.”
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