Fortnite Is Being Removed From This Storefront Today

Epic Games has announced that it will be removing Fortnite and its other games from the Samsung Galaxy Store in protest today, claiming that Samsung is engaging in anticompetitive practices. Epic Games said that Samsung’s decision to block sideloading by default on Samsung Android devices stifles competition in the Android app distribution market. Due to
Fortnite Is Being Removed From This Storefront Today

Epic Games has announced that it will be removing Fortnite and its other games from the Samsung Galaxy Store in protest today, claiming that Samsung is engaging in anticompetitive practices.

Epic Games said that Samsung’s decision to block sideloading by default on Samsung Android devices stifles competition in the Android app distribution market. Due to the restriction on sideloading, Samsung users are only allowed to install apps from the Google Play Store and Galaxy Store.

However, Epic Games has a new solution in mind. Due to the European Union passing the Digital Markets Act, Epic Games is now able to create its own storefront for Android worldwide and iOS in the EU. The storefront will only be charging game developers with a 12% processing fee and nothing on third-party payments.

Additionally, Epic Games revealed that its mobile games will go to AltStore on iOS in the EU, and it will announce support for at least two other third-party stores soon.

Epic Games recently called out Apple for “arbitrary” rejections of its new app store, claiming that Apple was misusing its app-review process by delaying competitors for as long as possible. Fortnite has been removed from iOS since 2020, but it looks like it may be coming back eventually.

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