The URL is a screenshot from my Mac, in the United States market, 1709874157 seconds after the Unix epoch: Fri Mar 8 05:02:37 AM UTC 2024
About 24 hours after Apple revoked the developer account for Epic Games, the landing page for the macOS App Store in the US features games from Epic's competitors -- and a modest healthcare app, by unrelated company Epic Systems Corporation.
Effective 1 March, software publishers in the EU are free to sell apps and services, without processing those transactions through Apple's App Store platform.
Apple charges publishers 30% of all revenue from such purchases.
Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney has long been an outspoken critic of Apple's App Store restrictions. Apple stopped selling Epic's Fortnite in response to changes which had enabled in-game purchases without paying the 30% App Store charges. Epic sued Apple, a case that was eventually appealed to the Unites States Supreme Court; the Court's decided to deny appeal in January 2024.
About 24 hours after Apple revoked the developer account for Epic Games, the landing page for the macOS App Store in the US features games from Epic's competitors -- and a modest healthcare app, by unrelated company Epic Systems Corporation.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/epic-hyperspace/id6472198304?m...
Meanwhile, Wikipedia entry for "Malicious Compliance" cites Apple's response to the European Union's recent enforcement of the Digital Markets Act.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malicious_compliance
Effective 1 March, software publishers in the EU are free to sell apps and services, without processing those transactions through Apple's App Store platform.
Apple charges publishers 30% of all revenue from such purchases.
Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney has long been an outspoken critic of Apple's App Store restrictions. Apple stopped selling Epic's Fortnite in response to changes which had enabled in-game purchases without paying the 30% App Store charges. Epic sued Apple, a case that was eventually appealed to the Unites States Supreme Court; the Court's decided to deny appeal in January 2024.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Games_v._Apple
Does Apple blame Sweeney for a market-changing ruling in the EU? I don't know.
But today's App Store features a shining example of classic Apple aggression.