Ngesonto eledlule, i-Epic Games yamangalela i-Apple ngemuva kokuthi inkampani isusiwe Fortnite kusukela ku-iOS App Store. I-Epic Games ikhiphe isibuyekezo sokuthi Fortnite evumele abadlali ukuthi badlule isistimu yokuthenga yangaphakathi nohlelo ye-App Store ukuze bathenge ama-V-bucks ngaphakathi kwesihloko sokudlala mahhala, bephula Imigomo Yesevisi ye-Apple. Kodwa esikhundleni sokumane ngime lapho, I-Apple iphinde yasika zonke ezinye izibopho ne-Epic Games, ukwazisa inkampani ukuthi wonke ama-akhawunti kanjiniyela kanye nokufinyelela kuwo wonke amathuluzi okuthuthukisa i-iOS ne-Mac kuzonqanyulwa ngokusemthethweni ngomhla ka-28 Agasti.
Ephendula lokhu, i-Epic yafaka isicelo sokuthi kuvinjwe i-Apple okwesikhashana ukwenza lezo zenzo, futhi yacashunwa ethi izoba nomthelela omubi enkampanini. Namhlanje nje, U-Apple ufake isicelo sokuphikisa isicelo sika-Epic, esho ukuthi izinkinga ze-Epic ziwumphumela wezenzo zayo nokuthi yonke into izohamba uma i-Epic ibivele ihlehlise isibuyekezo sayo esiphula umthetho.
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Le mibhalo ithi: “Izivumelwano ze-Epic ne-Apple zikubeka ngokucacile ukuthi uma umthuthukisi we-app ephula imithetho ye-App Store noma ilayisensi yamathuluzi okuthuthukisa—womabili asebenza futhi asetshenziswa ngokulinganayo kubo bonke onjiniyela abakhulu nabancane—i-Apple izoyeka ukusebenza. nalowo njiniyela. Onjiniyela abasebenza ukukhohlisa i-Apple, njengoba i-Epic yenze lapha, bayanqanyulwa. ”
Ukufakwa kwesicelo kuyaqhubeka, kuchaza ukuthi “lapho i-Epic yephula ngamabomu izivumelwano zayo ngokufaka ngasese i-'hotfix' kuhlelo lwayo ukuze idlule ohlelweni lokukhokha lwe-Apple kanye neNqubo Yokubuyekeza Uhlelo Lokusebenza, yayazi kahle ukuthi kuzokwenzekani futhi, ngokwenza kanjalo, yazi ngamabomu. futhi idale umonakalo ngenhloso kubadlali begeyimu nakubathuthukisi manje icela iNkantolo ukuthi ingenele futhi ilungise.”
Ukuphikisana kuka-Apple nesicelo sokuvinjelwa kungqubuzana nezinsolo ezibanzi ze-Epic, okubandakanya i-Apple esebenza njenge-monopoly, ukuthi ukuthenga kwangaphakathi nohlelo kufaneleka njengomkhiqizo ohlukile, nokuthi icala lakhona linethuba eliphezulu lempumelelo ngokufaneleka kwalo. Kepha ngokusobala, into enkulu esengozini lapha ukuthi i-Epic iyona edale ukuthi konke lokhu kwenzeke. Ukufakwa kwesicelo kuthi "ukulingana akuvuni i-Epic ngoba inezandla ezingcolile... I-Epic yephule isivumelwano sayo ne-Apple, futhi iqembu elephula inkontileka, njenge-Epic lapha, alinakho ukuma ukuze lithole impumuzo elinganayo."