Epic vs. Apple: Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Motion for TRO [pdf]

Re:Epic vs. Apple: Order Granting in Part and Denying in Par... by threeseed on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @03:04AM (#24268780)

Epic could have used the same developer account for both Unreal Engine and Fornite development knowing full well that Apple would have to either allow both or ban both.

They had ads and lawsuits ready when they pulled the trigger on this chain of events so it wouldn't surprise me if they made sure that the Unreal Engine issue was included.

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Re:Epic vs. Apple: Order Granting in Part and Denying in Par... by scq on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @03:49AM (#24269022)

They didn't use the same developer account, if I'm reading the order correctly the developer accounts used for Unreal Engine and Fortnite did not even belong to the same legal entity.

* Epic Games, Inc. develops Fortnite and has an Apple developer account that it is released under.

* Epic Games International, S.a.r.l. develops Unreal Engine and holds its own Apple developer account.

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Re:Epic vs. Apple: Order Granting in Part and Denying in Par... by StavrosK on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @08:06AM (#24270488)

Apple can ban just Fortnite (and any other infringing app) a la carte, without banning the entire account, so they wouldn't need to ban or allow both in the first place.

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Re:Epic vs. Apple: Order Granting in Part and Denying in Par... by high_density on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @06:44AM (#24269930)

I don't think Epic use the same account on purpose -- I mean, why pay x2 the fees?

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Re:Epic vs. Apple: Order Granting in Part and Denying in Par... by madeofpalk on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @07:02AM (#24270045)

well, the fee's are only like $99/year. a rounding error, really.

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