Apple blocks access to Epic's dev account

On last week, the developer of Fortnite Epic Games has started a dispute against Apple and Google, due to the policies followed by the companies' Stores.

Epic has launched a new instant payment system within Fortnite, an egregious one of his policies of Apple, which requires developers to use their own payment system, where they can get 30% of every sale.

Fortnite was removed from the App Store and Epic filed lawsuits against the company.

Now, the company reports that Apple is preparing to discontinue its Epic dev account, cutting the company off from developer tools for iOS and macOS. The account will be closed from August 28.

Epic, however, does not seem to intend to back down, as it reacts with ongoing lawsuits for monopoly practices.

30% of Apple in every developer sale is one of the best known terms of its App Store policy. It prevents applications from being fully functional or makes them much more expensive.

For example, users cannot yet purchase a book for the Kindle app. Not only is it not allowed to sell you a book in the app without giving Apple 30% of the book's price, but you can't even buy it through a browser.

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