Apple reversed course on Friday and will allow Epic Games to develop a competing European app store for iPhones after a feud between the two companies tested a new law governing big tech on the continent.
As a result of Europe's Digital Markets Act coming into force, Apple has reversed course and will allow Epic Games to make a competing European app store for iPhones. Photo: Chris DELMAS / AFP/Filereversed course on Friday and will allow Epic Games to develop a competing European app store for iPhones after a feud between the two companies tested a new law governing big tech on the continent.
"As a result, Epic Sweden AB has been permitted to re-sign the developer agreement and accepted into the Apple Developer Program," the spokesperson added. Specifically, Apple on March 2 closed Epic's Sweden-based developer account that allowed it to build the software necessary to launch its standalone stores on Apple devices in Europe.
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