Wow, 2020 has been quite an interesting year, without a doubt. Since Epic Games stood up to Apple several weeks ago, gamers of Fortnite with iPhone phones they have been praying that the game continues to operate normally on iOS, but this will not be the case from today.
La Season 4 -Chapter 2 Fortnite started today, August 27. As bad news for fans of the Cupertino company, will not be available for iPhones, and surely you already know the reason behind it, but this and more we expand it now.
If you want to play Fortnite, you must forget about doing it on an iPhone
Epic Games has been firm in its decision to go against Apple, or as they prefer to call it: "to be in favor of the free market for software and consumers," in short.
The game company, in fact, has carried out a marketing on everything that happened, making known their dissatisfaction with the platform, since iPhone phone users are the main affected, since their freedom when installing apps and performing other actions such as Android, for example, are oppressed. Here is the statement recently released by Epic Games:
“Apple is asking Epic Games to reverse Fortnite to exclusively use Apple Payments. His proposal is an invitation for Epic to collude with Apple to maintain its monopoly on in-app payments on iOS, suppressing free market competition and inflating prices. In principle, we will not participate in this plan.
You, as the owner of a mobile device, have the right to install applications from sources of your choice. Software manufacturers have the right to freely express their ideas and to compete in a fair market. Apple policies remove these freedoms. "
The iOS store, like the Google Play Store, hang apps and games without posing major inconveniences for their developers, but when they are payments and / or have an internal payment system -as in the case of Fortnite-, they have to give a share to Apple and Google (30%, to be more specific). [It may interest you:
How to download Fortnite on Android, now that it is no longer available in the Play Store]
En this article We explain how was the situation that led to Google removing Fornite from the Play Store. The thing with Apple, on the other hand, is more complicated, since what Epic Games has with the American firm is more personal, and this is something that can be seen in the following video, in which we can see an apple-headed villain giving a "monopolizing" speech; This represents Apple, according to Epic Games.
One of the points of contention against Apple is that This does not allow iPhone users to download and install apps and games from sources outside of the brand's store., something that is possible on Android. It has been a point quite criticized for years by other means, but until now no one has risen like Epic Games.
As a consequence of all this dispute, Apple has blocked Fortnite updates on iOS and kicked the game from its store. This leaves players without the possibility of accessing the new season already available from today, a real shame.
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Luckily, other games - which are many - that have Epic Games' Unreal Engine will continue to operate normally, as a judge recently issued a verdict declaring that they should not be affected by the current confrontation between the two. parts, something that saves titles like PUBG Mobile on iOS.
This is the other snippet from the recent statement Epic Games released:
“Apple is blocking updates to Fortnite and new installations in the App Store, and has said that they will end our ability to develop Fortnite for Apple devices.
As a result, the newly released Fortnite Chapter - Season 4 (v14.00) update will not be released on iOS and macOS on August 27. If you still want to play Fortnite on Android, you can access the latest version of Fortnite from Epic Games. Android app at Fornite.com/Android or Samsung Galaxy Store. »
Hopefully this takes a turn for the better for all parties, as well as for both iPhone and Android users. We are waiting for an agreement between Apple and Epic Games, something that, at the moment, does not seem to be taking place.