Sounds like Epic Games wants to drop into the Tilted Towers of the legal world.
After a sudden announcement that Epic would support microtransactions that circumvent Apple's App Store, the monolithic tech giant responded in kind... by yanking Fortnite from their marketplace. Within hours, Epic announced that they'd filed legal papers against the corporation on their official social media channels.
The lawsuit takes issue with Apple's monopolistic App Store being the only channel through which companies can publish apps. In particular, Epic is rallying against the 30% tax imposed on publishers that distribute their apps through Apple's platform. This tax hurts smaller publishers, who ultimately have no choice but to work with the restrictions if they want to reach Apple's massive install base.
In Epic's case, though, it's a much more petty thing. Epic, of course, is a multi-billion dollar corporation - the furthest thing possible from a small publisher. A good portion of their profits come from their perennial cash cow, Fortnite, and the numerous predatory microtransactions contained within the free-to-play title. Every single one of those purchases on iPhone naturally have to go through Apple, which is where that 30% tax kicks in.
Not content with their billions of dollars, Epic has instead decided to pick a fight with one of the most omnipresent tech giants in human history. This, of course, sets a pretty big precedent for other publishers to follow suit. Is it a good idea? Who's to say! There's not really a good side in this, as it's ultimately a petty squabble between plutocrats. That being said, it's nice to see somebody pushing against Apple's unchallenged reign - even if that "somebody" is a nameless corporation that could care less about the working class.
Or their own employees, for that matter.