Last month, South Korean lawmakers passed legislation that forces Apple to allow app developers to use their own payment systems, a move that got Fortnite kicked off last year.
Apple has denied calls from Fortnite-maker Epic Games to reinstate its developer account on South Korea's App Store in efforts to re-release its popular multiplayer game after the country passed a law that forces the iPhone maker to allow third-party payment systems for in-app transactions.SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Imageson Twitter, Epic said it has asked Apple to restore the Fortnite maker’s account as the company intends to re-release the game for iOS devices in South Korea.
Fortnite was kicked off Apple’s App Store last year after it issued an update to allow players to pay for in-app purchases using a third-party payment system, in violation of iPhone maker’s rules. The video game publisher noted that for in-app purchases it intends to offer both Epic’s own payment systems alongside Apple’s, in compliance with South Korean law.that the game developer has to first agree to “play by the same rules as everyone else.”
The new South Korean legislation on allowing third-party payment systems for in-app purchases is yet to go into effect, but Apple insists that the new law will have no bearing on the company’s process for approving developer accounts.a law that banned Apple and Google from forcing app developers on their iOS or Android mobile platforms to use their proprietary billing system for charging customers on all digital purchases.
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