Calum Jack, an eight-year-old from London, heard the Fortnite news from friends in Asia as soon as he woke up at 6am. The topic was"all over YouTube", he said.
He is online up to 10 hours a day, playing, building or just chatting with up to 20 friends as far apart as Canada and India. Fortnite and other online games have been Jack's main social outlet since coronavirus lockdowns closed schools across the world in March.Fortnite-owner Epic Games has challenged Apple's policy of taking a cut of purchases made inside the app by allowing users to pay Epic directly at a cheaper price.
"My friends think that Fortnite is going to win the argument," Erricker said."There's a lot of people who play Fortnite, and they'll be against Apple."REUTERSFor daily updates on weekdays and specially selected content for the weekend. Subscribe to
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