What is #freefortnite moment? How and why was this started by Epic games?

Fortnite is one of most played games all over globe lately. But game has been taken off Google and Apple servers. This is because of differences created regarding ir cut of revenue. clash between developers and game makers occurred on Thursday and tech giants dedicated to scrapping app from ir app stores. This has started a new #freefortnite movement on social media. Read more to kw about Fortnite. 

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What is #freefortnite moment?

Epic Games released a statement regarding same and said that removal of Fortnite is yet ar example of major organizations flexing ir ermous power in order to impose unreasonable restraints and unlawfully maintain its 100% mopoly over market for in-app payments on phones. Epic Games also released a Tweet regarding same and created a PR campaign against Apple. y even recreated Nike’s 1984 advertisement which was related to ir fight with IBM 36 years ago. After just hours of this Tweet, Fortnite player started supporting Epic and also started #FreeFortnite that has been trending on Twitter. 

A number of fans have been supporting makers of Fortnite through ir social media posts. y have bee sharing ir thought with #FreeFortnite that has been dominating social media lately. Some popular faces of gaming industry have also shared ir thought about same. A popular Youtuber, Steven Boogie2988 Williams took to his Twitter and wrote, “Wanna kw what’s stupid about this #freefortnite thing? This was all done to try to bypass % fee that apple store takes from sales in-app. But or games already solved this by selling directly to m through ir own launchers or website or pc. Like EPIC STORE??”. Ar fan commented, “Big @Apple Fan here! But I hate you for excluding me from playing what I want while it is possible to watch what I want (Prime, Netflix, Disney+ etc are all available). Don’t blame ors, open your store for those kinds of content! #freefortnite #FreeXcloud” Here are some fan reactions about same. 

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After removing app from its servers, Apple released a statement about same and said that Epic has enabled a feature in its app which was t reviewed or approved by Apple. Apple also claims that Epic did same with express intent of violating App Store guidelines. y said that y will make every effort to work with Epic to resolve se violations so y can return Fortnite to App Store. but just hours later, Epic decided to go against Apple and decided to lawyer-up against company. According to Epic Games, Apple has been violating antitrust laws by forcing developers to use ir payment systems, which has led to this ongoing situation. 

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