A particular federal judge has given the ruling that Apple can still continue to block the popular video game Fortnite on its app store as the known iPhone maker tries to defend a landmark antitrust lawsuit by the popular game's publisher, Epic Games.
The ruling actually means that, in the future, millions of different Fortnite players who play the game through their own iPhones, Macs, iPads, or other Apple devices, will then still not be able to play the game's very own latest content or even download the app's own updates.
Epic Games vs Apple Court Case
Epic Games actually sued Apple back in August after the tech giant removed the game from its platform. Apple did this while blaming Epic Games for deliberately going against the terms stated in its developer contract even when Epic Games actually sought to circumvent the new Apple in-app purchase system by using a particular software update that actually encourages players within Fortnite to actually buy directly from Epic Games.
If people would not buy coming from Apple, this would then mean that Apple will not be able to take the 30% cut from Fortnite revenues on iOS, prompting it to finally ban Fortnite as well as the known Unreal Engine, which is a software tool that is owned by Epic Games and is also widely used by different game developers and also Hollywood.
The federal court's findings on Apple vs Epic Games Lawsuit
In the federal court, Epic Games had requested Judge Yvonne Gonzalez for a particular preliminary injunction that would actually restore Fortnite from the known Apple App Store. Epic Games also asked for a certain ruling barring Apple from actually retaliating against the company and even its overseas affiliates.
Although Gonzalez's decision on Friday didn't allow Fortnite to return to the known App Store, she actually ruled that Apple should not punish Unreal Engine or any other Epic Games' affiliates. Other users' deep reliance on the known Epic Games' Unreal Engine actually meant that cutting it off would impact them unnecessarily according to Gonzalez in her own order.
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Fortnite Apple Ban Update: The final findings of the case
She stated that both Apple and Epic Games are actually in liberty to litigate the given action for the future of the whole digital frontier, but their own dispute should not result in havoc for the bystanders.
This case is being viewed as quite a pivotal fight happening between two strong tech titans and could result in the reshaping of how the app stores, and maybe even the wider digital economy, could actually function in the upcoming future. The whole ruling comes a few days after the known House Judiciary Committee's particular antitrust panel was able to issue a kind of historic report finding that Facebook, Apple, Amazon, and even Google actually have monopoly power and also have actually abused their own dominance in the given marketplace.
Epic's own suit against Apple has actually become a high-profile reflection of different allegations. The case of Epic Games v. Apple is still expected to proceed towards trial coming next May.
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Written by Urian Buenconsejo
