Fortnite game graphic is displayed on a smartphone in front of Apple logo in this illustration taken May 2, 2021.Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Elon Musk's X and Match Group on Wednesday joined "Fortnite" video game maker Epic Games' protest that Apple has failed to honour a court-ordered injunction governing payments in its lucrative App Store.
It referred to its Jan 16 statement that it had fully complied with the injunction, which it said would protect consumers and "the integrity of Apple's ecosystem" while ensuring that developers do not get a free ride. Last week, Epic demanded that Apple be held in contempt, saying new rules and a new 27 per cent fee on developers made the links effectively useless.