--- title: Tim Sweeney Criticizes Apple and Google's Response to EU... description: Apple terminates Epic Games' developer account and Tim Sweeney criticizes Apple's monopoly position. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/tim-sweeney-criticizes-apple-and-google-s-response-to-eu-regulations-wexoxuspo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Tim Sweeney Criticizes Apple and Google's Response to EU Regulations | daily.dev og:description: Apple terminates Epic Games' developer account and Tim Sweeney criticizes Apple's monopoly position. og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/tim-sweeney-criticizes-apple-and-google-s-response-to-eu-regulations-wexoxuspo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/WExoXuSPo.png og:image:alt: Tim Sweeney Criticizes Apple and Google's Response to EU Regulations og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Tim Sweeney Criticizes Apple and Google's Response to EU Regulations **[Collections](https://daily.dev/sources/collections)** · 1 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Apple terminates Epic Games' developer account and Tim Sweeney criticizes Apple's monopoly position. ## Content Apple has terminated Epic Games' developer account, citing past rule violations and unreliability. This move comes after Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, publicly criticized Apple's monopoly position. Epic Games alleges that Apple is retaliating against them for Sweeney's criticism. They have even informed the European Commission about the issue. Sweeney has also spoken out against Apple's response to the EU fine regarding anticompetitive practices, emphasizing their control over in-app purchases and their relationship with app makers before they became a monopoly. Not stopping there, Sweeney has also criticized Google for 'malicious compliance' with the EU's Digital Markets Act and the fees charged by both Google and Apple for developer access to digital markets. These events shed light on the ongoing tensions between Epic Games and the tech giants Apple and Google, and raise questions about their control and influence within the digital marketplace. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#google](https://daily.dev/tags/google), [#apple](https://daily.dev/tags/apple) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/tim-sweeney-criticizes-apple-and-google-s-response-to-eu-regulations-wexoxuspo) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Tim Sweeney Criticizes Apple and Google's Response to EU Regulations","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/tim-sweeney-criticizes-apple-and-google-s-response-to-eu-regulations-wexoxuspo","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/tim-sweeney-criticizes-apple-and-google-s-response-to-eu-regulations-wexoxuspo"},"datePublished":"2024-03-05T18:51:51.005Z","dateModified":"2024-03-07T04:55:22.812Z","description":"Apple terminates Epic Games' developer account and Tim Sweeney criticizes Apple's monopoly position.","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/0e817441d5c1262528e95c318a7e0ccd?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/0e817441d5c1262528e95c318a7e0ccd?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Collections","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Collections","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--fk_6ycEi--/f_auto,q_auto/v1780996001/logos/collections?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/collections"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/tim-sweeney-criticizes-apple-and-google-s-response-to-eu-regulations-wexoxuspo","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"google,apple","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Collections","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/collections"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Tim Sweeney Criticizes Apple and Google's Response to EU Regulations"}]} ```