Fortnite Coming to iPhones in Brazil as Apple is Forced to Allow Sideloading

[MacRumors]

Epic Games plans to bring Fortnite to Brazil after the Brazilian government forces Apple to permit sideloading, according to details Epic shared on social media. Apple has been facing off against Brazilian regulators over antitrust App Store claims since 2022, and last week, Brazil gave Apple 90 days to make tweaks to its App Store rules.

Apple has until June to comply with Brazil's requirements, so Epic Games says that Fortnite will be available on iOS devices through the Epic Games Store starting in July.

The European Union forced Apple to support sideloading and alternative app marketplaces in Europe, so the foundation to make the same change in Brazil already exists. Apple will likely implement similar rules in Brazil, requiring developers to agree to different operating terms and to pay a Core Technology Fee for app installs.

Apple initially lost a ruling in Brazil in November 2024, and the country's antitrust and competition arm (Cade) gave Apple 20 days to make major changes to the App Store or face daily fines of $43,000. Apple won a reprieve in December 2024, after an appeals court said that the measures would have a major impact on Apple's business operations, but now Apple has been ordered to allow for sideloading and alternative payment methods.

Apple is planning to appeal the ruling forcing it to implement sideloading in Brazil.

Article Link: Fortnite Coming to iPhones in Brazil as Apple is Forced to Allow Sideloading

 

[UliBaer]

Lucky Brazilians then.

 

[turbineseaplane]

I just did some "sideloading" on my Mac actually

"sideloading" = installed some software

Felt great

 

[gaggle]

Neither my mom nor my children can use a Mac because they’re too complex, but they can all use an iPad. I’ll have to hope iOS/iPadOS will remain as locked down and straightforward as they are now.

 

[Capeto]

Sideloading ≠ allowing alternative app stores

 

[breenmask]

Majority of iPhone users don't care about side loading. Simple objective fact that pro-side loading people can't seem to wrap their head around.

 

[turbineseaplane]

Neither my mom nor my children can use a Mac because they’re too complex, but they can all use an iPad. I’ll have to hope iOS/iPadOS will remain as locked down and straightforward as they are now.

Complexity is not ameliorated solely or even primarily by being "locked down"

 

[brofkand]

What a world we live in, where companies fight the ability for users to run whatever software they want to run, on hardware they own.

 

[turbineseaplane]

What a world we live in, where companies fight the ability for users to run whatever software they want to run, on hardware they own.

And users defend the companies restricting their own user rights!

I keep listening for circus music

🙃 🤡

 

[Capeto]

Majority of iPhone users don't care about side loading. Simple objective fact that pro-side loading people can't seem to wrap their head around.

So? A majority of iPhone users don't care about accessiblity features, that's no reason for Apple to neglect or get rid of them.

 

[CarAnalogy]

I just did some "sideloading" on my Mac actually

"sideloading" = installed some software

Felt great

Another example of the power of language. This used to just be how software was installed. Now they make it sound like you've got to "slip it in" right next to the "backdoor."

 

[turbineseaplane]

Another example of the power of language. This used to just be how software was installed. Now they make it sound like you've got to "slip it in" right next to the "backdoor."

💯
I'm sure it's not an accident they are trying to make it sound sketchy or shady or somehow law breaking

Doing what you want with your own phone?
"dangerous" ... "scary" .... "sideloading" 🚨👮🏻‍♂️

 

[CarAnalogy]

Neither my mom nor my children can use a Mac because they’re too complex, but they can all use an iPad. I’ll have to hope iOS/iPadOS will remain as locked down and straightforward as they are now.

The right way to do this has been shown time and time again. Microsoft even tried it for years and ironically had to stop because they had the opposite problem.

You just allow Store only installations by default. You put the non-store installation option behind a few technical looking options and warning screens and an authentication prompt.

If the user can't be trusted with even that, you set it up as a limited user device where they don't have administrative access at all, but you do.

This system is decades old and proven to work but is not as lucrative as requiring all software to be distributed only from a centrally controlled and monetized repository.

They are two different things that Apple wants you to conflate. They are not the same thing.

 

[breenmask]

So? A majority of iPhone users don't care about accessiblity features, that's no reason for Apple to neglect or get rid of them.

Accessibility is a necessity for many users. Sideloading is a want.

You're comparing two completely different things

 

[Baslea]

Imagine there are still people out there being anti sideloading for no reason 😂 as if it would hurt them

 

[uller6]

What a world we live in, where companies fight the ability for users to run whatever software they want to run, on hardware they own.

On hardware that tracks their location in real-time, contains identifying biometric data, and a microphone for surreptitious listening, along with an extensive digital trail. Absolutely I want Apple to be responsible for the apps available on my pocket surveillance device.

 

[turbineseaplane]

On hardware that tracks their location in real-time, contains identifying biometric data, and a microphone for surreptitious listening, along with an extensive digital trail. Absolutely I want Apple to be responsible for the apps available on my pocket surveillance device.

You're advocating for ceding control of your own preferences and security to one particular entity that is accountable to you in no meaningful way whatsoever.

 

[eifelbube]

Accessibility is a necessity for many users. Sideloading is a want.

You're comparing two completely different things

The freedom to download software anywhere you want is a necessity.

 

[easy4lif]

Kids still play fortnight? I mean my nephews and my friends kids all moved on to other games/entertainment and I just don’t see that much interest in it anymore.

 

[brofkand]

On hardware that tracks their location in real-time, contains identifying biometric data, and a microphone for surreptitious listening, along with an extensive digital trail. Absolutely I want Apple to be responsible for the apps available on my pocket surveillance device.

We all know there have never been any scam or malicious apps on the App Store, right. LOL

 

[rgeneral]

I still don’t understand why people pay money to play that game.

 

[breenmask]

The freedom to download software anywhere you want is a necessity.

No it isn't. It's a desire.

Being able to see the letters on the screen is a necessity.

 

[DFZD]

Gen Z will never know that people used to sideload every single piece of software in the 2000s.
In fact in the 90s they used to frontload as well with those floppy disks.

 

[bousozoku]

Apple should just let every country have third party app stores and be nice about it. They can say "if something goes wrong with your phone because of something you downloaded and installed, it isn't our fault." as they do with Macs.

 

[HMI]

At this point, I really wish Apple would just buy Epic Games, fire the CEO, bury Fortnight forever, and continue developing their Unreal Engine. 🤞