Fortnite vs. Apple/Google is the Internet's First ‘World War’

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today on the Brief:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Jobless claims down and retail sales up</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The U.S. Federal Reserve is running distributed ledger technology experiments </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The end of an era, as BitMEX begins KYC</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our main discussion: the big battle brewing between Epic Games and Apple/Google.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">NLW looks at:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why Fortnite got kicked off the Apple and Google app stores </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why Epic Games is suing in response</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why this was all very clearly planned by Epic Games</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why Apple and Google should be nervous about anti-trust </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why this is about a much bigger future than just a single game </span></li> </ul>