(CNN Business) Apple will not allow Fortnite back on its devices until its legal battle with the video game’s maker, Epic Games, has fully concluded, potentially delaying the game’s return to iPhones by several years. A lawyer for Apple ( AAPL ) said the company “has exercised its discretion not to reinstate Epic’s developer program account at this time” in response to a request from the video game maker to do so, according to a letter sent to Epic’s lawyer and tweeted by the company’s CEO, Tim Sweeney, on Wednesday. “Furthermore, Apple will not consider any requests for reinstatement until the district court’s judgment becomes final and non-appealable,” said the letter from Apple’s lawyer, a copy of which was provided to CNN Business by Epic. In a huge blow, judge rules Apple can’t force developers to exclusively use its App Store payment system The move further escalates a months-long court battle between the two companies over Apple’s rules for its App Store and suggests the hugely popular game won’t make it back onto iOS devices until the end of an appeals process. Sweeney said in a tweet that process could take as long as five years. A judge in California… Read full this story
- Time runs out for TikTok downloads as Google, Apple remove social media app from stores
- Apple starts cutting the bloat from iTunes by removing iOS App Store
- Apple celebrates the App Store’s fifth birthday by giving stuff away
- Coronavirus: First Google/Apple-based contact-tracing app launched
- Apple Says to Reopen 100 Stores Worldwide This Week, Releases New Guidelines
- Apple's latest iOS 13.5 bug prevents some iPhone apps from launching
- Fake call alert: This new app lets cybercriminals generate international phone numbers to con people
- Your next Apple Store visit will be unlike any you have made before
- Kerala's booze sale app Bev Q caught in pre-launch queue
- Apple releases Covid-specific features, iOS 13.5 has a faster way to unlock your iPhone while wearing a mask
Apple denies Fortnite a return to the App Store have 325 words, post on edition.cnn.com at September 22, 2021. This is cached page on CuBird. If you want remove this page, please contact us.