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The showdown between Apple and Epic Games<\/a> has started up once again with the news that the iPhone maker has terminated the game developer\u2019s account.<\/p>\n The first few months of 2024 have been littered with gauntlets being thrown down between two long-feuding giants, Fortnite developer Epic Games and tech giant Apple. Starting with Epic Games CEO Time Sweeney accusing Apple of acting in a \u201cdevious\u201d manner<\/a> in January, this was then followed by a tenuous truce when Epic Games returned to iOS, at least in some regions<\/a>.<\/p>\n Now, however, the relationship has taken a turn for the worse as Epic Games shares that Apple has terminated its developer account. This reverses the return of Epic Games to Apple devices in the EU.<\/p>\n According to the game developer, Apple\u2019s lawyers sent a letter stating Epic Games Sweden\u2019s developer account would be terminated in a move that Epic describes as a \u201cserious violation of the DMA\u201d in a company blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cIn terminating Epic\u2019s developer account, Apple is taking out one of the largest potential competitors to the Apple App Store,\u201d reads the article. \u201cThey are undermining our ability to be a viable competitor and they are showing other developers what happens when you try to compete with Apple or are critical of their unfair practices.<\/p>\n \u201cIf Apple maintains its power to kick a third party marketplace off iOS at its sole discretion, no reasonable developer would be willing to utilize a third party app store, because they could be permanently separated from their audience at any time.\u201d<\/p>\n According to Epic, Apple stated the reason for the terminated account was because the game developer publicly criticized its proposed DMA compliance plan, citing this X post<\/a> from this thread<\/a> written by CEO Tim Sweeney.<\/p>\n \u201cApple is retaliating against Epic for speaking out against Apple\u2019s unfair and illegal practices, just as they\u2019ve done to other developers time and time again,\u201d wrote Epic.<\/p>\nWhy did Apple terminate Epic Games\u2019 account?<\/h2>\n