Apple faces heat from EU antitrust cops for blocking ‘Fortnite' maker's app store plans in Europe

Apple is facing heat from European Union antitrust cops after it blocked “Fortnite” maker Epic Games from launching its own app store for iPhone customers — a brazen move that came even as it faced a deadline to comply with a sweeping European tech competition law. The Cupertino, Calif.-based firm on Wednesday escalated its nasty public feud with Epic Games and its CEO Tim Sweeney — who previously called Apple’s proposed compliance changes to its App Store “hot garbage” — by terminating the developer accoun ...