Theres petty, and then theres Apples beef with Epic Games.
All because CEO Tim Sweeney wouldnt stop dunking on Apples unfair practices on Twitter/X.
Apple cited a tweet from Sweeney as one of the main reasons for blocking the Epic Games Store.
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The Epic CEO called Apples core values into question.
Sweeney called out Apples monopoly in app stores, digital payments, and browsers.
We dont want to think about Apple being evil.
But I see ever more signs that power has corrupted them.
European regulators recently passed theDigital Markets Act, which goes into effect this week.
But that victory for Epic Games is now in jeopardy, all over a petty tweet.
Regulators are not convinced Apple has the right to do this.
The European Commission toldTechCrunchThursday it has requested further explanations on this from Apple under the DMA.
Apple is asking Epic to prove its trustworthiness before Apple will let them develop an Epic Games Store.
Apple also says Epic Games is a threat to their ecosystem, according to the blog post.
Its unclear how this termination of Epic Games will hold up under the Digital Markets Act.
The whole point of that legislation is to increase competition and disrupt monopolies.
Epic is making the case that Apple is, once again, exerting its power over developers.
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