Developed Fortnite and the Unreal Engine game engine and reached millions with its own game market Epic Games, He received a large fine in the USA.
As the creator of Fortnite, which has over 400 million players globally, it’s a big hit Epic Games, violates COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act) and to trick millions of players into making unintentional purchases “dark pattern” by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which is affiliated to the United States Federal Government, on the grounds that it uses design tricks. 520 million dollars to a fine sentenced. According to a statement by the FTC, Epic specifically violated the child-centered privacy law. 275 million dollars to pay a fineIn addition, it will change the default privacy settings, especially if it tricks users into making unwanted payments. $245 million payback will make.
The company last year apple He was in a great war with Let’s remember this again for those who still do not know. Epic Games last year Fortnite of your game iOS and Android to versions apple and Google‘s established payment systems an alternative payment infrastructure added. Epic Games violated both Apple’s and Google’s market rules with this alternative infrastructure. That’s why before apple, later too Google Removed Fortnite from official app stores.
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Apple and Google want developers to use their own payment systems for in-app purchases, while Epic Games is using the companies’ payment system. 30% commission deduction was opposed to this process. Within the scope of this lawsuit, Epic Games did not have a big gain.