Mark Zuckerberg claims Apple’s App Store charges ‘monopoly rents,’ stifles innovation | Appleinsider
Apple was barred by a U.S. District Court from revoking the Unreal Engine developer account. That same court also denied an Epic Games request for a temporary restraining order that would restore “Fortnite” to the App Store, which was removed after Epic implemented a direct payment system in violation of Apple’s guidelines.
The contentious relationship between the two tech giants stretches further back than that. In 2019, Facebook was found to be using its Enterprise Certificate to bypass App Store restrictions and get users to download a data-harvesting “research” app. Apple temporarily revoked the certificate — a move that chaos at the social media giant.