You can (and should anyway) enable Two-Factor Authentication on your Epic Games account, and try to remember to keep your phone unable to install apps from unknown sources every time an update comes in. You can choose to not give Epic a credit card number when you do play. Unfortunately, there's very little anyone can do about this. This way is easier and makes us more money. and elsewhere, plus distributing a single version of Fortnite is easier than maintaining multiple versions to distribute in different stores. This combined audience is considerably larger than the people who would play in the U.S. China doesn't allow Google Mobile Services through its Great Firewall, and the EU is currently battling with Google on whether the Play Store should be a part of Android phones sold there. It's also likely Epic Games knows the largest audience for Fortnite users are in places with a less-friendly Google Play Services relationship. It's worth pointing out this 30% tax is identical to the one Apple places in its Play Store, but Apple doesn't let users sideload apps - an option Epic has here with Android.Įven if you do all of the right things every time you are still at a greater risk when playing Fortnite on Android than on any other platform. Sweeney says Epic wants to use its own installer like it does on the PC, and wants to bypass the 30% cut Google takes on all Play Store transactions. The only reasons provided for this terrible decision by Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney are financial.

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