Noma ungayithandi imidlalo yevidiyo, impela uzwile ngempikiswano eyavela phakathi kwe-Epic Games ne-Apple. Ngenxa yezinkokhelo inkampani yemidlalo yevidiyo efuna ukuzenza ngqo ngewebhusayithi yayo ye-Fortnite, into engavunyelwe i-Apple uma unesicelo ku-App Store, zombili izinkampani zifake isimangalo. I-Epic Games ilahlekelwe yi-akhawunti yayo kanjiniyela no-Apple bathi lokho Konke lokhu kumane nje kuyindaba yokuduma.
Ngokusho kuka-Apple, iFortnite ngumdlalo wevidiyo ongasasetshenziswa. Umkhuba uphansi futhi izibalo azikhohlisi. Ngo-Okthoba 2020, intshisekelo kulo mdlalo yehle ngo-70% ukubhaliswa okumbalwa ngokuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo sonyaka odlule. I-Epic Games ifuna ukubuyisa amalungu amasha futhi indlela okutholile ukwenza lokhu ukulwa ne-Apple.
Labo bakaTim Cook bathi i-Apple akuyona imithombo eyinhloko yemali engeniswa yiFortnite yama-Epic Games, ingasaphathwa eye-iOS. Okwenzekayo ukuthi kungcono ukudala umcimbi obiziwe #FreeFortnite futhi basola ukuthi balwa "nokungabi nabulungisa" ukubhekana ne iqiniso leholo eliphansi nezilinganiso eziphansi zokuthandwa komdlalo.
U-Apple usola i-Judicial Authority ukuthi okwenzekayo ngomkhankaso we-Epic Games kuphambene nalokhu abakusolayo. Bathi inkampani ye-video game iyalinyazwa kodwa-ke ngayo yonke le mpikiswano abakufunayo ukufuna imali engenayo entsha nokubhaliswa okusha. Ngakho-ke akulinyazwa, kunalokho, wenza inzuzo.
U-Epic waqala umlilo wathela uphethiloli kuwo, futhi manje ucela le Nkantolo usizo oluphuthumayo ukuyicishaYize i-Epic ingazenzela yodwa ngokuphazima kweso ngokunamathela kwimigomo yenkontileka ebuse ubudlelwano bayo ne-Apple iminyaka. Le Nkantolo yayiqinisile lapho phambilini yakhipha isinqumo sokuthi ukuzilimaza akukhona ukulimala okungenakulungiswa.
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