Between the 17% App Store fee and €0.50 per install per year, Epic is probably going to end up giving Apple more than the 30% cut that caused them to exit the App Store in the first place.

Nothing is certain but death and Apple taxes.

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/01/25/fortnite-returning-to-ios-in-europe/

Fortnite to Return to iOS in Europe Following App Store Changes

Epic Games plans to bring its Epic Games Store to the iPhone and the iPad under Apple's new alternative app store policy in the European Union,...

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@carnage4life surely they’ll just skip it all and make the epic store, paying apple no fee, and then charge all the games that sign up for it 20% commission?
@grork @carnage4life yeah the link he included explicitly says they’re starting their own store, so they won’t be owing the 17%