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Epic Games CEO: "Apple is a menace to freedom, every politician should fear"
Tim Sweeney, president and founder of Epic Games, gives his opinion in an interview about Apple, its App Store and the lawsuit he has with the company.
In an interview with The Verge, Tim Sweeney, founder, and president of Epic Games, warns about Apple. "Every politician should fear the rise of corporate power that Apple is creating," he asserts. Just below we show you a summary of the interview and his point of view regarding the eternal litigation between Apple and Epic Games.
Tim Sweeney: "Every politician should fear (..) Apple"
For Tim Sweeney, founder and current president of Epic Games, the creators of Fortnite, Apple is "a menace to freedom worldwide". On his personal Twitter account (@TimSweeneyEpic) he often shares articles that slam Apple since Epic is embroiled with them in a court war that seems to have no end. This activity prompted Alex Heath of The Verge to ask him for an interview that Sweeney granted him and that is not to be missed.
The main topic of the interview was precisely the legal dispute between Epic and Apple, and in the conversation, Sweeney revealed several curious facts regarding this matter. For example, in the first half of 2021, Epic Games wanted to launch an app from its Epic Games Store for iOS that was rejected by Apple.
And sticking to the headline of this story, another of Sweeney's statements in the interview is that "every politician should fear the rise of corporate power that Apple is creating." His reasoning is that with control of its App Store, "it’s incredibly dangerous to allow the world’s most powerful corporation to decide who is allowed to say what. And right now, this is seen as a Republican issue because the tech companies are Democrat-leaning.."
Tim Sweeney: "If Fortnite is forever denied access to iPhone, then Epic will lose the metaverse war"
Another of the key points of The Verge's interview with Sweeney has to do with Fortnite, which entered its Chapter 4 at the beginning of December 2022. For the Epic Games founder, if the litigation against Apple in which his company is involved is not resolved favorably for them, then "Epic will lose the metaverse war."
Fortnite was removed from the App Store as a result of Epic Games' lawsuits. For Sweeney, this means that, by not having access to "those billion users," they won't be able to compete in any way.
Source | The Verge, Twitter/TimSweeneyEpic