For a few hours, any user who wants to download Fortnite on their Android device will have verified that it is not possible, it is not possible because Google, like Apple, removed from Android app store. Reason? Skip the guidelines established by Google that does not allow adding alternative payment methods.
During yesterday afternoon, Fortnite users who accessed the Epic store to buy coins, saw how Epic had added a new payment method that redirected directly to the Epic website, where we could pay by credit card just fine with PayPal.
In this way, Epic skipped the 30% commission charged by both Google and Apple. By skipping the commission paid to both companies, the turkey prices were much cheaper than those that we can usually find in the application for iOS and Android.
When accessing the store to buy turkeys, the store shows us the prices without the Google commission:
- 1.000 turkeys - 7,99 euros
- 2.800 turkeys - 19,99 euros
- 5.000 turkeys - 31,99 euros
- 13.500 turkeys - 70,99 euros
The price that Google users had to pay to buy turkeys through the Play Store were / are the following:
- 1000 turkeys - 10,99 euros
- 2.800 turkeys - 27,99 euros
- 5.000 turkeys - 43,99 euros
- 13.500 turkeys - 109,99 euros
Epic has started the war
Epic has started a war against Apple, although as expected, the application available in the Play Store has also been affected, although to a lesser extent, since it has always been possible to install the application directly from the Epic Games website.
In the video that Epic has published shortly after confirming that Apple had removed the application from the App Store we could read:
Epic Games challenged the monopoly of the App Store. In retaliation, Apple is blocking Fortnite on 2020 billion devices. Join this fight to prevent 1984 from turning into XNUMX.
Epic refers to the 1984 advertisement that Apple published for break with the hegemony that IBM had in the market. The ad is based on George Orwell's novel that popularized concepts like big brother, mass surveillance, and political and social repression.
Everything was planned
Epic has devised a trap that Apple has fallen into and has become, once again, the villain of the movie. The intention of Epic is to draw attention to the policy of the App Store, not only about the 30% it charges (which is also charged by Google) but for not allowing another way to install applications on their devices.
The European Union is investigating the accusations of other companies such as Spotify, Rakuten and Telegram, companies that have denounced Apple for the same.
The game continues to run smoothly
All those who have the game installed on their devices, you can continue using it without any problem. In fact, now is a great time to buy turkeys, since their price is much lower than usual, as I mentioned above.
