Epic Games and Appleās long-winded app store saga is seemingly approaching its end. After Epic posted a thread on X accusing Apple of slowing down the process of launching its third-party app store with āarbitrary, obstructiveā rejections.
For the past four years, the two companies have been embroiled in a legal battle over the cut that Apple takes from in-app payments. More recently, Epic has designed its own app store to circumvent Appleās own, where the Fortnite app and other games would live.
In the thread, Epic said that in its latest rejection of the app store, Apple claimed that āEpicās āInstallā button is too similar to Apple's "Get" button and that our "In-app purchases" label is too similar to the App Store's "In-App Purchases" label.ā
The gaming company also accused Apple of violating Europeās Digital Markets Act, which protects fair competition in the tech space.
The same day, Epic returned with the news that Apple had informed them that its āpreviously rejected Epic Games Store notarization submission has now been accepted.ā
Update: Apple has informed us that our previously rejected Epic Games Store notarization submission has now been accepted. https://t.co/tl5LY1aQD6
ā Epic Games Newsroom (@EpicNewsroom) July 5, 2024
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney, however, noted that the approval is ātemporaryā and that Apple is still demanding it change the buttons.
āWeāll fight this,ā Sweeney wrote.
Click here to view full gallery at Hypebeast
