The EU is stepping in to investigate the latest development in the feud between Apple and Epic, with European regulators now seeking answers from Apple on yesterday’s news – that it had banned Epic’s developer account.
To recap, Epic announced it would be launching an iOS version of its store in Europe back in February, following Apple’s confirmation it would be complying with the EU’s Digital Markets Act requiring it to allow sideloading and alternate marketplaces on its devices. Epic subsequently received an official Apple Developer Account, and said it planned to launch its app store sometime this year.
Yesterday, however, it was revealed that Apple had now terminated Epic’s developer account on the basis the company had been “verifiably untrustworthy” in the past, a move which Epic said was a “serious violation of the [Digital Markets Act]” within the EU. Now, a European Commission spokesperson confirmed to Reuters it had “requested further explanations” on the ban under the DMA.
