A few days after the Epic Games' EU developer account ban, Apple reinstated it amid pressure from European Union regulators.
A few days after the Epic Games' EU developer account ban, Apple reinstated it amid pressure from European Union regulators. Previously, the Cupertino firm had banned one Epic Games developer account due to the company's CEO calling Apple's compliance with the Digital Markets Act 'hot garbage,' 'horror show,' and a 'devious new instance of Malicious Compliance.' This reverse move was first reported by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
In a blog post, Epic called this a “serious violation of the DMA and shows Apple has no intention of allowing true competition on iOS devices.” Still, the reasons why Apple revoked the developer account were clear. In this post, Epic Games attached a few screenshots with messages between the company's CEO, Tim Sweeney, and Apple's top executive, Phil Schiller. In one of those messages, Schiller wrote: “In the past, Epic has entered into agreements with Apple and then broken them.
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