Pavel Jelic It's a new week this year, this time the 36th. We've prepared a traditional IT summary for you today as well, in which we focus together on news happening in the world of information technology. Today we will look at how Facebook once again targeted Apple, then in the next news we will inform you about the termination of the developer account of Epic Games in the App Store. Let's get straight to the point.
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Facebook doesn't like Apple's behavior again
A few days ago we took you through the summary informed about the fact that Facebook has some problems with the apple company. To reiterate, Facebook doesn't like how much Apple protects all of its users. The Californian giant is doing its best to protect all sensitive user data from hungry advertisers who want to show you the ad that might interest you the most at any cost. Specifically, all these problems came with the introduction of the new operating system iOS 14, which takes the security of users to an even higher level. Specifically, Facebook said that it could lose up to 50% of its revenue to Apple, and that it is quite possible that advertisers will start targeting platforms other than Apple in the future. In addition, Facebook, based on Epic Games, decided to provoke Apple by placing information in its application in the last update about the 30% share that Apple charges for all purchases within the App Store. Of course, the apple company did not allow and release the update until the fix was done. The main thing is that the same 30% share is also taken by Google Play, in which this information was simply not displayed.
But that's not all. In the last session from Facebook, the current CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, decided to hit Apple again several times, mainly because of the monopoly position that Apple allegedly abuses. Even in this case, of course, Facebook (and other companies) are riding the wave of hatred provoked by the game studio Epic Games. In particular, Zuckerberg stated at the last session that Apple significantly disrupts the competitive environment, and that it absolutely does not take into account the opinions and comments of developers, and that it inhibits all innovation. The management of Facebook is also fired at the Californian giant because the Facebook Gaming application did not get into the App Store, for a similar reason as in the case of Fortnite. Apple simply does not care about infringing its security in the App Store and will continue to allow only such applications that do not violate the conditions set by the App Store. Of course, this is completely logical - if developers want to offer their applications in the App Store, they simply have to stick to the rules set by Apple. It was the apple company that devoted millions of dollars, several years and a lot of effort to the App Store being where it is now. If developers want to offer their apps somewhere else, feel free to do so.
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End of Epic Games App Store developer account
It's been a few weeks since we last saw you first reported about the fact that the game studio Epic Games violated the rules of the Apple App Store, and that this resulted in the immediate download of the Fortnite game from the aforementioned Apple application gallery. After the download, Epic Games sued Apple for abuse of its monopoly position, but this did not go well with the studio, and in the end Apple somehow became the winner. The Apple company therefore removed Fortnite from the App Store and gave the studio Epic Games a fourteen-day period to correct the violation of the rules, in the form of introducing a direct payment system into its game. Further, Apple said that if Epic Games does not stop violating the rules within fourteen days, then Apple will completely cancel the entire developer account of Epic Games on the App Store - as it does with other developers, regardless of their size. And that's exactly what happened a few days ago. Apple gave Epic Games the option to return and even said it would welcome Fortnite back into the App Store with open arms. However, the stubborn Epic Games studio did not remove its own payment system, and so the worst-case scenario occurred.
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Believe it or not, you simply can't find an Epic Games account in the App Store anymore. If you enter just Epic Games, you won't see anything at all. The more astute among you may know that Epic Games is also behind the Unreal Engine, which is a game engine that runs countless different games from different developers. Originally, there was even supposed to be a complete cancellation of Epic Games, including the aforementioned Unreal Engine, which would remove hundreds of games. However, the court forbade Apple to do this - it stated that it can delete games directly from the Epic Games studio, but cannot affect other games that are not developed by the Epic Games studio. In addition to Fortnite, you will not currently find Battle Breakers or Infinity Blade Stickers in the App Store. The best game out of this whole dispute was PUBG, which got to the main page of the App Store. For now, it is still not certain if Fortnite will appear in the App Store in the future. However, if so, it will be the Epic Games studio that will have to back down.
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