Why a fight over Fortnite could decide the future of big tech Fortnite gamers are recruited to a enormous anti-competition battle following the match was pulled out of the iOS and Android program shops yesterday. The sport, which will be among the most popular on earth, with 350 million registered players, is in the core of a spat over in-app payments. The technology giants bill developers a commission of between 15 and 30 percent for almost any purchases made in-app -- a crucial part of Fortnite, in which outfits and weapons are often bought by gamers. Epic asserts, apple, imposes strict principles which make it impractical for programmers of games or apps to use anything aside from the company's official iOS program store to reach customers. "Epic consented to this App Store provisions and instructions publicly," Apple said in a statement. The game programmer states that Google disadvantages programs available out its Android Play Store. "The Android ecosystem a...