- [Narrator] In case you missed it
Epic Games and Apple are currently at war.
Fortnite has officially been
removed from the App Store
and Epic launched a full blown trailer
with Fortnite animations and everything
just to call out Apple's
prices for being unfair.
In case you have no idea what's going on
or why this is happening
we're spending today's episode
of the countdown covering everything
you need to know about
the Epic Games Apple war.
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now, let's get into it.
Number four,
Background.
Apple's current App Store policy states
that the company will earn 30%
of any money made by an app in the store
that includes download costs
in game subscription fees
and microtransactions
like Fortnite's V-Bucks.
Epic felt as if this policy was unfair
so the company implemented
a system to work around it.
The system is called Epic direct payment
and it's an option for players to complete
a V-Bucks purchase directly from Epic
in turn giving them a 20% discount.
This would then save Epic Games money
and players money at the same time.
The direct payment system
was also added to the Android version
of Fortnite but Apple wasn't having it.
The company pulled Fortnite
and all other Epic Games owned apps
from the App Store setting a violation
of the App Store guidelines.
Number three,
Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite.
Epic did not take this quietly.
The company filed a lawsuit against Apple
claiming that the App Store is a monopoly
Epic then dropped a video
titled Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite
comparing Apples policies
to that of a dictatorship.
The video also clearly mocks
Apple's 1984 Super Bowl commercial
for the first Mac computer.
The commercial was a play
on the dystopian George Orwell Novel 1984
introducing the Macintosh
as a cutting edge piece of technology
saying that this is why
1984 won't be like 1984.
Epic flipped the script
depicting Apple
as the oppressive dictator in the video.
They even went as far
as to include a new evil
corporate Apple skin.
The promotion asked
players to get behind Epic
and to stop Apple from
forcing unfair policies
onto other companies.
Epic wanted to stir up some buzz
and the company did just that
hashtag Free Fortnite began trending
and the 1980 Fortnite video
has been played millions of times.
Number two,
Apple's Response.
The video and news headlines
clearly caught Apple's attention
and the company quickly
responded with a statement.
In that statement Apple
explained that Epic
has been banned from the App Store
due to a deliberate attempts
to work around the in app purchase system.
Apple then basically explained
that Epic has been able
to make tones of money
thanks to the App Store's
tools testing and distribution
more or less meaning that Epic
wouldn't be as big as it is today
if it weren't for the App Store.
The statement also indicated
that Apple sticks to these policies
with every distributor on the App Store
and Epic would not be
getting special treatment
just because it had gotten so big.
Apple then closes things out
by saying it is making every effort
to resolve things with Epic
and bring Fortnite back to the App Store.
Number one,
Future Outlook.
So for the time being
it looks like Fortnite
won't be available on IOS devices.
In the meantime
Apple and Epic Games will work to resolve
the disagreement and hopefully
bring Fortnite back for
everyone who wants to play.
We still got to admit the fact that Epic
went as far as to create an entire
Fortnite themed video around the issue
is pretty incredible.
We'd also really love to see
the evil corporate Apple skin
in the in game item shop soon
whether or not Apple's App
Store policies are unfair
we'll leave that up for you to decide.
Luckily Fortnite is still up
and running on every other platform
and a 20% V-Bucks discount
looks like it's going to stick around.
If you've been holding
out on getting a new skin
now might be your chance.
And that covers everything
you need to know about
the Epic Games Apple feud.
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