<story><title>Apple removes Fortnite from App Store after Epic attempts to bypass fees</title><url>https://twitter.com/markgurman/status/1293984069722636288</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>xoxoy</author><text>Fortnite of course expected this: seems like they’ve prepared a short video mocking Apple’s old super bowl ad 1984 to premiere in an hour &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;fortnitegame&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1293984290326433792?s=21&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;fortnitegame&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1293984290326433792?...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nostrademons</author><text>They also just filed a lawsuit (see &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=24147486&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=24147486&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;p&gt;The strategist in me thinks that Epic Payments is a provocation rather than a product, they&amp;#x27;ve been in touch with state attorney generals about Apple&amp;#x27;s antitrust situation, and the real goal is to get that lawsuit out, bring the antitrust hammer down on Apple, and maybe get some free PR and marketing from the press cycle.</text></comment>
<story><title>Apple removes Fortnite from App Store after Epic attempts to bypass fees</title><url>https://twitter.com/markgurman/status/1293984069722636288</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>xoxoy</author><text>Fortnite of course expected this: seems like they’ve prepared a short video mocking Apple’s old super bowl ad 1984 to premiere in an hour &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;fortnitegame&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1293984290326433792?s=21&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;fortnitegame&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1293984290326433792?...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jedberg</author><text>Here&amp;#x27;s the video:  &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=WqTNO8LTggI&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=WqTNO8LTggI&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>