Tag: app store
Google pulled ‘Fortnite’ from the Play Store on Android
Just hours after Apple pulled Fortnite from the App Store, it appears Google has followed suit in its Play Store. Epic Games updated its blockbuster title with an in-app option that included a discount if players pay them directly. This goes against… Source
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Epic’s parody of Apple’s 1984 ad ends with #FreeFortnite
As part of its response to Apple delisting Fortnite from the App Store, Epic Games shared a new short that repurposes the tech giant’s iconic 1984 ad, complete with original 4:3 aspect ratio. The video features a Fortnite avatar tossing a unicorn-sha… Source
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‘Fortnite’ maker Epic Games sues Apple over App Store policies
Fortnite developer Epic Games is suing Apple after the company removed the game from its App Store. In a lawsuit, Epic accuses the iPhone maker of anti-competitive and monopolistic behavior. “Epic brings this suit to end Apple’s unfair and anti-compe… Source
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Russia’s antitrust watchdog finds Apple abused App Store ‘dominance’
Potential action from US lawmakers may not be what forces Apple to change how it does business. Following a year-long investigation into the company, Reuters reports Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has found the iPhone-maker abused its do… Source
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Telegram is the latest company to file an EU antitrust complaint against Apple
If big tech thought that its antitrust reckoning would end with yesterday’s hearings, it’ll have its optimism sorely dented by what’s likely to follow. A number of smaller players are lobbing grenades over the fence in the hope of forcing regulators… Source
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Apple’s App Store antitrust questions will be uncomfortable for Valve
During today’s Congressional hearing into potential antitrust violations by the United States’ four largest tech companies, representatives described systemic problems with Apple’s App Store and, by extension, Google’s Play Store. Speaking directly t… Source
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