After Epic Games updated Fortnite on iOS to offer in-game currency directly through Epic at a discounted rate, thus skirting Apple’s official in-app purchase system and violating the terms of the App Store, Apple yanked Fortnite down from sale and ever since an “epic" battle between the two tech giants has ensued. Epic’s argument is that Apple’s “walled garden" approach to software on the iOS platform creates a monopoly where other companies can’t compete like they can on more open platforms, like Android or just personal computers in general.
They blatantly broke the App Store’s rules with Fortnite as a form of protest and fully expected the game to be taken down, but a few days later Apple clapped back by threatening to not just continue keeping Fortnite off the App Store but actually terminating all of Epic’s developer agreements and removing their access to iOS and Mac tools, thus potentially putting any game that uses Epic’s popular Unreal Engine in harm’s way. Epic quickly filed for an injunction against this due to the irreparable harm it would cause not just to their own business but to thousands of developers everywhere using Unreal on either iOS or Mac. Epic also tried arguing that a judge should force Apple to allow Fortnite back on the App Store complete with its new rule-breaking alternate payment method.
Well, the judge offered a ruling and it was pretty common sense stuff and doesn’...