Apple is still standing in the way of Epic’s app store

/ Apple’s fees for third-party apps and marketplaces could dissuade other developers from listing their games on Epic’s new iOS store in the EU. Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge

The dream of a successful Epic Games Store on iOS sounds like an oasis: a thriving alternative app store that exists outside Apple’s walled gardens, where developers won’t have to pay Apple’s much steeper commission for in-app purchases, and where they can use whatever payment processor they want.

Epic’s store launched last week in the European Union — thanks to new regulations opening up iOS — and it’s likely to be a boon for Epic and its perennial hit, Fortnite. But

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