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I get their desire to have the fight be a fair one instead of Epic rallying its positively massive fanbase to suddenly start viewing Apple as the bad guy... but I also don't think it'll be that relevant to the court case. Both companies have the best lawyers money can buy, I'm sure they'll be able to throw out any "but think of the fans, look how mad they are" accusations.

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I don't think the court case is the only thing that matters. iPhone sales might see a noticeable drop if Fortnite fans pull off. That would make a lot of sense, if Epic would not try to combat Google at the same time.

It’s been pulled from the google store for the same reason, so unless people don’t won’t phones doubt it’ll have any impact currently.

I think the larger move here is to start a fight, which other devs join soon after, so that eventually with critical mass, they can bully Apple into bending the knee.

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