Epic CEO Tim Sweeney takes his victory lap as Fortnite returns to the app store after nearly 5 years: 'Thanks to all of the folks who initially sided with Apple then later came around to the winning side'

After a protracted legal battle, which is far from over, Apple has restored Fortnite to the US app store. Fortnite was removed in August 2020 after launching its own in-app monetisation system to bypass Apple's in-app payment system and the 30% commission it charges.

This violated Apple's terms, and led to a legal challenge from Epic Games, which accused Apple of operating the app store as a monopoly. Epic CEO Tim Sweeney was in an unsurprisingly ebullient mood at the news and thanked those who'd taken Epic's side in the dispute which...