FreeFortnite

#FreeFortnite is a campaign that started on August 13, 2020. It revolves around the issue that iOS players are unable to play the current season of Fortnite to this day, due to a debate with Epic Games and Apple.

A tournament, called the #FreeFortnite Cup, was held on August 23, 2020 to raise awareness for the campaign. Players who earned 10 points would be granted the Tart Tycoon outfit for free upon completion.

Origin
Apple sued Epic Games for implementing a direct payment to Epic instead of following the rules with the 30% tax. Thus, Apple has blocked Fortnite, and iOS players can only play Season 3 while everyone else will be on the current season.. Moreover, iOS players will not be able to cross-play with friends who are in Season 4 or newer. Epic started a campaign in order to free Fortnite and make it playable for all devices.

Fortnite uploaded a parody of Apple's "Macintosh" commercial, which itself parodies the book title of the same name by George Orwell called Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Impact
Due to the events listed above, the iOS, macOS, and Some Android players are not able to access the current season like everyone else (although in the case of the latter, they can play as long as they download it from Epic Games.)

Differences
There are, however, subtle hints to Season 4, making this Season 3.5. It is not known if, or when, this will change.
 * The poster is that of Season 3
 * Battle Pass, Career, and V-Bucks sections cannot be accessed
 * Level progress cannot be made, and the Battle Pass cannot be purchased.
 * The lobby uses the background from Chapter 2: Season 1.
 * iOS players cannot play with friends who have been updated to Chapter 2: Season 4 or newer.
 * V-Bucks cannot be purchased.
 * Cosmetics added after Chapter 2: Season 4 cannot be used.
 * The Battle Modes' icons are those of the current season.
 * There are robots scattered all over the place

Judge Ruling
On September 10th, 2021, the judge gave their ruling on the Epic Games and Apple Court Case. Epic ended up losing, with Apple winning 9 out of 10 counts. Epic, however, won the most important count, which was that app developers should allow users to use other payment methods without using the App Store.

Tim Sweeny said that Fortnite will return to the App Store when Epic can allow their in app-payment alongside Apple's in-app payment system.