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Apple threatens to boot Epic—including Unreal Engine—off Mac and iOS
The new legal battle between game developer Epic and iPhone-maker Apple continues to heat up, as Epic says Apple will be cutting it off from the developer platform for Mac and iOS before the end of this month.
Epic wrote in a court filing (PDF) that Apple said its membership in the Developer Program will be terminated as of August 28. According to Epic, Apple's move threatens not only Fortnite but also every game that uses Unreal Engine: "By August 28, Apple will cut off Epic's access to all development tools necessary to create software for Apple's platforms—including for the Unreal Engine Epic offers to third-party developers, which Apple has never claimed violated any Apple policy," Epic said.
How Apple's battle with Epic Games could affect hundreds of other games beyond Fortnite
If Apple disables Epic's developer account, then the company won't be able to maintain the Unreal Engine for iPhones and other Apple computers. Unreal is a long-standing set of technologies for displaying 3D graphics. Other game-makers license it from Epic so they don't have to re-build the same functions from scratch, and it's used in many popular games, although it's more popular on consoles and PCs than for mobile games.
Also at The Verge and VentureBeat.
Previously:
Fortnite Maker Sues Apple after Removal of Game From App Store
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2020, @11:34PM (6 children)
I suppose he's considered racist shit today, but remember, he was the Trust Buster.
Give credit where it's due. Apple/Android stores are definitely a trust/duopoly/gate keepers to serve the corporate interests.
Too bad, instead of Roosevelts, we have Trumps.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 20 2020, @12:08AM
Susan B. Anthony is considered racist shit today. Don't sweat it.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday August 20 2020, @12:13AM (1 child)
Not with Android, though, at least in theory.
adb install app_package.apk [android.com]
Samsung app store [samsung.com]
Amazon app store [amazon.com]
F-Droid app store [wikipedia.org]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Thursday August 20 2020, @01:51PM
I got given a cheap Kindle android tablet with the intention of jailbreaking, but never got around to actually jailbreaking. It works just fine for checking the weather forecast. Amazon know most stuff about me any way (credit card, address, email address, phone number, purchase history tells them everything they need to know I guess).
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 20 2020, @01:10AM (2 children)
Well, yeah. All white people are racist. Hadn't you heard?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 20 2020, @03:20AM
Don't know about that, but you certainly are a dipshit.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 20 2020, @02:02PM
The only annoying thing about my new identity as a racist is that I have all those hateful racists coming up to me thinking we're friends, thanking me for making them look nicer than they really are.