Adam Kos Money is to blame for everything, greedy Apple, greedy game developers and perhaps an unnecessarily timid Samsung just trying to copy Apple, so he can claim how secure his platform is as well. However, this does not change the fact that Fortnite will be on iPhones again. And officially.
But not in the App Store. First, it was a clear hit that earned huge money not only for the developer studio Epic Games, but also for Apple, because it received appropriate fees from each microtransaction. But Epic didn't like that because the fees were too high, so he found a way to lower them. But Apple he soon discovered this and kicked Fortnite out of the App Store. Epic also blocked the developer account just to be sure.
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A long court battle ensued with an ambiguous outcome. They both lost out. Apple didn't get enough revenue from Fortnite because it didn't return to the App Store. Epic then also lost a significant influx of money, because it was not actually possible to continue playing and spending the game on iOS.
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But the whole case has moved on as the Act on Digital Markets orders Apple in the EU to enable alternative distribution of content on its iOS platform. So there is an alternative AltStore PAL where developers can place their titles and avoid Apple's high fees. And it is Epic Games that will now release its flagship hit Fortnite into it, despite the fact that it is also preparing its own app store. However, the game should also be available in other alternative stores, but the AltStore will be the first to show the title.
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Samsung screwed up
Because Epic didn't like paying Google either, it removed Fortnite from Google Play as well. But you can get applications and games from other distributions on Android, so it wasn't such a big problem. In addition, the company made an exclusive collaboration with Samsung, which thus offered Fortnite in its Galaxy Store and duly promoted it. But now he made one mistake that Epic doesn't like again.
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Two weeks ago, Samsung introduced its One UI 6 superstructure together with the new folding smartphones Galaxy Z Fold6 and Z Flip6.1.1. Among other things, it brings better security, but one of these security functions blocks sideloading by default (which is not considered by the Galaxy Store). So in order to uphold its policy, Epic pulled Fortnite and its other games from the Galaxy Store as a show of defiance against developer oppression and alternative distribution.
So it all seems that instead of the developers being happy to have a place to offer their titles, they are just trying to make as much money as possible from the whole thing. So, in the ideal case, not to pay for the fact that large companies (Apple, Google, Samsung) provide a space where they can actually offer their titles in exchange for a certain fee.
