Interesting that they launch Fortnite in other alternative iOS stores as well.
I don't like Epic particularly as they are the giant corpo which cries to the public when other giant corpos disagree with them, but still, that's an interesting move.
As obviously self-serving as Epic has been since this all started, it's also been instrumental in breaking the walled garden ecosystem precedent across the board, so this is great to see.
If it were purely self-serving, they'd agree to settle with Google on special terms similar to those offered to a number of other publishers. Court proceedings last for years, as would be obvious to Sweeney, so sacrificing years of revenue for the distant prospect of having to pay 0 to the platforms is easier explained as being ideological than a business decision.
Eh, I think the point is to eat marketshare from the App store. They can always pull their games from alternative stores later, right now they just want anything to chip away at Apple's dominance.