[kouteiheika]

> Epic wanted their own store and they got their own store.

They don't. Quoting the article:

> "Apple has blocked our Fortnite submission so we cannot release to the US App Store or to the Epic Games Store for iOS in the European Union," Epic stated via its Fortnite account

If someone prevents me from selling my own product in my own store then it's not my store.

[smileybarry]

I suspect they just put their eggs in one basket and used the same package identifier for the DMA version of Fortnite and the App Store version, and the app’s state in review limbo messed with the iOS notarization process (which is a minimal review and not an automated CLI like macOS).

That’s something they could’ve avoided by using different IDs for different stores, like everyone else does on e.g. Amazon AppStore. (Maybe even Samsung and Play Store use different IDs)

But that’s assuming they’re not just refusing to release anywhere until Apple relents in the US.