This time, though, Apple has been ordered to allow all developers, including Epic Games, to direct customers to purchase options that are available outside of the App Store.Epic Games' U.S.developer account has been banned since the initial Apple vs.Epic Games battle in 2020, so Epic Games is using the developer account that it established in Sweden to submit Fortnite to the App Store.Epic Games created a Swedish App Store account last year in order to create an Epic Games app marketplace in the European Union, as allowed by the Digital Markets Act.Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said that the company has "conversed" with Apple about the plan, and that Apple is aware that Epic Games is submitting Fortnite using the Epic Games Sweden subsidiary that it established for the EU.
At that point, Apple decided to reinstate the account after Epic Games pledged to follow the alternative marketplace rules.During the Apple vs.Epic Games legal battle, Apple was at no point ordered to allow Fortnite to return to the App Store, and the case in fact suggested that Apple was well within its rights to terminate Epic's account, and under no obligation to allow Fortnite in the App Store at all.
It's possible Apple will not allow Epic Games to use its European developer account to submit Fortnite given that the U.S.account is still banned, but Apple might not want to further anger the judge overseeing the case.
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