> Cook said that Apple was not thinking about money at all, and Fortnite's revenue was not a consideration.
That's a bald faced lie. Of course it is about the money.
That's a bald faced lie. Of course it is about the money.
You could argue that in the long term Apple might be calculating that the fear effect on other companies might pay that back, but that's highly arguable. It's unarguable they are giving up a serious amount of reliable income to make this point.
I would postulate that 80%+ of Fortnite revenue is now from the item shop. In which case apple is "sacrificing" 20% to try getting the 80%.
Epic was ordered to pay $6mm from the case that they lost which was sales from pre-installed apps over around a 3 month period [1]
[1] https://www.macrumors.com/2021/09/13/epic-games-pays-apple-6-million/I'm a bit surprised that this needs to be explained.
How would letting Fortnite back in the store, and taking their money, reduce their revenues from other developers? You’re not making any sense.