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Apple Terminates Epic Games iOS Developer Account for Sweden, Which Gaming Company Alleges Is Retaliation for Criticizing the Tech Giant
The battle between Apple and Epic Games continues to rage on.
That judgment affirmed that Apple has the contractual right to terminate its Developer Program License Agreement with any or all of Epic Games’ subsidiaries or affiliates. According to documentation provided by Epic Games, one of the reasons Apple terminated its developer account for Sweden was because “we publicly criticized their proposed DMA compliance plan.” In blocking the account, Apple cited a Feb. 26 post on X by Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, in which he said in part, “Apple leadership faces some massive decisions in the coming weeks as the contradictions between their stated principles and the intended and actual consequences of their present policies are reckoned with: the app store monopoly, the digital goods payments monopoly, the tax, the suppression of true information about competing purchasing options, the blocking of competing web browser engines and outright destruction of web apps.” Separately, on Monday the European Commission levied a fine against Apple of about $1.95 billion for “abusing its dominant position on the market for the distribution of music streaming apps” to iPhone and iPad users.
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