Epic CEO Tim Sweeney is not shy about publicly bashing Apple on Twitter, and it’s working.
Some apples are sweet, some not so much. Apple reversed its ban on Epic Games’ developer account on Friday afternoon, according to an updated blog post, clearing a path again for an Epic Games Store on iOS devices in Europe. The decision comes just two days after Apple terminated Epic’s account over some tweets from CEO Tim Sweeney.
However, it seems more likely that Apple had enough of Sweeney’s constant bashing of the Cupertino giant. To be clear, what caused this ban was a tweet from Sweeney where he called Apple’s values into question. He posted a picture of Apple founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak and asked current management to act more like the company used to be. Apple cited this tweet in its termination of Epic. Tim Sweeney’s loud mouth may have saved him in this fight.
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