Apple allows Fortnite on iPhones in EU: How Epic Games App Store 'dispute' is not over

Apple has temporarily reinstated Fortnite on European iPhones but demands future button changes like 'Install' and 'in-app purchases'. CEO Tim Sweeney calls these demands 'absurd'. Epic argues these industry-standard labels comply with the Digital Markets Act across multiple platforms, informing the European Commission of Apple's obstructive and arbitrary actions in their press efforts.
Apple allows Fortnite on iPhones in EU: How Epic Games App Store 'dispute' is not over
Apple and Fortnite-maker Epic Games’ latest dispute doesn’t seem to be over despite the iPhone maker having allowed the game to return to the App Store in the European Union. While Apple approved the game after a brief ‘clash’ over the design of buttons within the Epic Games Store app, the company has reportedly asked the game company to bring changes in a future update.

The ‘demand’ has apparently irked the Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney who said that the company will fight these ‘absurd’ changes.

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Over the weekend, Apple approved the Epic Games Store on the App Store, bringing Fortnite on iPhones, after supposedly rejecting the games store twice over elements it said were too similar to its own App Store. The similarity was particularly with the “install” and “in-app purchase” buttons.
Apple approved the games store but noted that Epic would still need to make changes in a future update, which didn’t quite sit well with the game company.
“Apple has told some press channels that, though they have approved our current EGS iOS App for notarization, they are still demanding Epic change the user interface in a future version. Epic is disputing this,” Epic Games said.

Similar comments were made by Sweeney a day before.

“Apple’s DMA saga has taken a turn towards the absurd,” he said.
“Apple is now telling reporters that this approval is temporary and are demanding we change the buttons in the next version - which would make our store less standard and harder to use. We’ll fight this,” he added.

Epic argued their “Install” and “In-app purchases” labels were industry standard.
“We are using the same 'Install' and 'In-app purchases' naming conventions that are used across popular app stores on multiple platforms, and are following standard conventions for buttons in iOS apps. Apple's rejection is arbitrary, obstructive, and in violation of the DMA (Digital Markets Act), and we've shared our concerns with the European Commission,” the game developer said.
It is presumed that Epic will resist making further changes to its game store.
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