# \#free fortnite (aka epic vs the mobile world)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-fortnite-aka-epic-vs-the-mobile-world/918030>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [August 13, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-fortnite-aka-epic-vs-the-mobile-world/918030 "2020-08-13T23:48:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-fortnite-aka-epic-vs-the-mobile-world/918030/1 "2020-08-13T23:48:17Z")

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apparently epic games decided they didn’t need no stinkin app stores and instituted a direct payment system even going as far as making a parody of apples 1984 commercial …

> **[Epic Games Vs. Apple: Why iOS Users Probably Won’t Be Able To Play ‘Fortnite’...](https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2020/08/13/epic-games-vs-apple-why-you-wont-be-able-to-play-fortnite-on-your-iphone-in-season-4/#351f33fe4311)**
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> Everything you need to know about Fortnite's war on Apple and the App Store, and why you won't be able to play the game on your iPhone or iPad next season.

Google did the same but seems more amenable to negotiations than apple but you can use Fortnite without google play

> **[Google just booted 'Fortnite' from the Play Store, hours after Apple banned...](https://www.businessinsider.com/fortnite-kicked-off-google-play-store-2020-8)**
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> Google has followed Apple and kicked Fortnite from the Play Store, after Epic introduced an update that broke the company's app policies.

We play it on the pc and x1 so it doesn’t affect us much …youngest nephew says " it sucks" on mobile and he never uses that word …

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**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-fortnite-aka-epic-vs-the-mobile-world/918030/2 "2020-08-14T18:59:29Z")

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This may be of interest:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/v96QyJczIi4/maxresdefault.jpg "Screw Apple, Screw Google, And Screw Epic Games") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v96QyJczIi4)