Apple filed a 65-page response<\/a> to Epic’s lawsuit against it today. <\/p>
\u201cAlthough Epic portrays itself as a modern corporate Robin Hood, in reality it is a multi-billion dollar enterprise that simply wants to pay nothing for the tremendous value it derives from the App Store,\u201d Apple said in the introductory statement<\/a> of its answer and countersuit. \u201cEpic\u2019s demands for special treatment and cries of ‘retaliation’ cannot be reconciled with its flagrant breach of contract and its own business practices, as it rakes in billions by taking commissions on game developers\u2019 sales and charging consumers up to $99.99 for bundles of V-Bucks.\u201d<\/p>
Apple claims that Epic pushed a \u201ctrojan horse\u201d hotfix on Aug. 13 to the iOS version of Fortnite<\/em>. In reality, the hotfix launched a system that allowed Epic to externally bypass Apple\u2019s App Store when it came to collecting income from in-app purchases. Functionally, this meant Epic could sell in-app items and currency without giving Apple its 30-percent cut. In response, Apple removed Fortnite<\/em> from the App Store<\/a> later that day.\u00a0<\/p>
