Epic says revenge caused Apple to block it from opening a third-party app store in the EU

Epic, of course, is not happy that Apple closed its EU developer account today and in a statement, the company said, “In terminating Epic’s developer account, Apple is taking out one of the largest potential competitors to the Apple App Store. They 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.”

Apple said today that it had the right to remove Epic’s “entities” from its platform due to what the court has ruled in the past was the game developer’s “egregious breach of its contractual obligations.” In a statement released today, Apple said, “In light of Epic’s past and ongoing behavior, Apple chose to exercise that right.”