Not really to do with greed. It's showing how much extra the end consumer has to pay for a transaction within an application. Same with Steam.
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Apple Removes Fortnite From App Store [Update: Epic Files Lawsuit Against Apple]
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Not really to do with greed. It's showing how much extra the end consumer has to pay for a transaction within an application. Same with Steam.
apples to oranges just becuase they built a platform dosnt excuse them from preventing u from using your hardware. that U paid for if thats gonna be the case and we are renting hardware that price better be like $150 for an iphone and then we can talk becuse apple would still own the hardware and we would sign a eula for hardware and rental. These are portalble computers people you would not accept this from microsoft when they tried with their surface that was base on arm a few years ago it crashed and burned because it couldn't run anything but arm stuff and there wasn't a market for that software yet.
*I am not an apple hater. Im fully maced out ios developer... I actually believe in the platform. I know apple can get over this greed and help make a better product.
Apple may be able to play these bs games for now, but this will only come back to haunt them once the government regulates this ****
Unless Apple turns on the KILL SWITCH to remotely remove the app from every phone (which as been built into every release of iOS since version 2.0)
Nah, they are just trying to get publicity for their game. Nothing more.
People: How can the US government force TikTok to close?
Me: Just order Apple to do to TikTok what they did to Fortnite.
Me: Just order Apple to do to TikTok what they did to Fortnite.
spoken the a true Apple Fanboy! I don’t know, I’d like to have a bit more choice over what I can put in the device I paid over 1k for!
but hey, you let Apple dictate what you need and how you get it. No xcloud! We got perfectly fine Apple Arcade that it’s better for you.
Hilarious. Devs have to remember that Apple views the App store, and ALL of the apps on it, as a feature of iOS.
I'm glad they did this. The only real issue Apple potentially has with their policies is that they selectively apply them to various companies. This removal shows that they don't. A big company like Epic whose apps will pull in a lot of purchases/traffic got removed because they violated the policies just like anyone else would.
If developers don't want to be on the App Store because of Apple's policies, then they should should not go on it, which would in turn motivate Apple to change them. However, it seems that most developers find it worth it to abide by the policies and reach the audience that the App Store has.
To me, this is a non-issue, unlike the Hey controversy where it seemed like they were treating a smaller company differently than a big one (ex. Netflix).
This is a prime example of not understanding what you purchased. If you were educated about what you spent $1k on, you would know that you bought a more secure device than any other on the market because of Apple's restrictive policies. If you thought the restrictive policies made the phone not worth its asking price, then you shouldn't have bought it. If you really want to trade security for more freedom, then you should've bought an Android.
If developers don't want to be on the App Store because of Apple's policies, then they should should not go on it, which would in turn motivate Apple to change them. However, it seems that most developers find it worth it to abide by the policies and reach the audience that the App Store has.
To me, this is a non-issue, unlike the Hey controversy where it seemed like they were treating a smaller company differently than a big one (ex. Netflix).
This is a prime example of not understanding what you purchased. If you were educated about what you spent $1k on, you would know that you bought a more secure device than any other on the market because of Apple's restrictive policies. If you thought the restrictive policies made the phone not worth its asking price, then you shouldn't have bought it. If you really want to trade security for more freedom, then you should've bought an Android.
I'm waiting to have someone now sue Epic for not providing a way to sell within that game. If one thing has to be open, they all should.
So, all the time I spent staring at the editor, all the time I spent banging my head against the desk, thinking how to solve the programming problems, how to implement this, how to connect this to that, all of that...belongs to Apple???
My kids play on their Xbox. And I think one of them has it on the iPad. But I don’t support v-bucks. Spending real money on bucks or coins or whatever in a game to get stuff or get ahead is ridiculous. You should be able to play the game. If that allows you to earn a better racecar or more stuff in fortnite, then great. But these sort of purchases you might as well take a $10 bill and throw it in the trash can.
Good on Epic for issuing this challenge. Apple has gotten too big for its britches and it's time to knock them down a few pegs.
And I say this as a longtime Apple fan and investor. I don't want them to become the bad guys. Hell, them suing over that pear logo that looks nothing like the Apple logo; that's another case they deserve to lose with prejudice.
EDIT: To all of those who claim Apple offers a great platform and deserves to be paid for it: They DO. Every developer pays to be able to write iOS apps. All of us customers pay for our devices and for services like iCloud Storage. Apple really should function more as a payment processor and take a more appropriate cut than the massive 30% they do now.
And I say this as a longtime Apple fan and investor. I don't want them to become the bad guys. Hell, them suing over that pear logo that looks nothing like the Apple logo; that's another case they deserve to lose with prejudice.
EDIT: To all of those who claim Apple offers a great platform and deserves to be paid for it: They DO. Every developer pays to be able to write iOS apps. All of us customers pay for our devices and for services like iCloud Storage. Apple really should function more as a payment processor and take a more appropriate cut than the massive 30% they do now.
Fortnite obviously knew this wasn't ok. And they still did it. Just so they can play victims now after the ban.
I side with Apple on this one.
My biggest complain WRT the App Store is "App Discovery" !
How many UN-Discovered Gem Apps sit idle because Apple has NOT done the best job selecting & promoting apps ?
My best guess, between 1K & 10K such apps !
ALL by small App Devs who simply don't have a Marketing Budget !
My biggest complain WRT the App Store is "App Discovery" !
How many UN-Discovered Gem Apps sit idle because Apple has NOT done the best job selecting & promoting apps ?
My best guess, between 1K & 10K such apps !
ALL by small App Devs who simply don't have a Marketing Budget !
I imagine they know nothing will change unless some of the big popular developers start taking action. They're hoping other large publishers follow suit.
If enough do, then Apple will be forced to change their policies. Away from MacRumors, people aren't going to stay loyal to Apple if the apps they want aren't on Apple's platform.
I agree with you, sadly though, the gaming market isn't the same anymore. It's filled with surprise mechanics, passes, paid for cosmetics, etc. That's also ignoring the rapid social changes in gaming 'can't do this, can't do that, change this', etc.
We've been needing regulation on stuff like this for a while now. The EU is so far ahead of the US it's insane.
The whole "Apple's store, Apple's rules" would only be reasonable if Apple allowed you to run your own store or go somewhere else. "Just buy Android then" only works until you think about it for more than two seconds. Imagine if that were your car. "Don't want to buy Ford's super expensive tires and full maintenance plan? Just don't buy a Ford! Sell it and get a Chevy!"
Yeah, no. That childish gibberish doesn't work on anyone mature enough to know otherwise.
Given the release of the documents we've read -- it's pretty clear it's just pettiness on Apple's part and has absolutely --ZERO-- to do with making a better device or ecosystem. Anyone who says otherwise is factually incorrect.
Doesn’t the Play Store offer alternate payment options?
nope i see the end goal. people will burn **** down if they cant play fortnite. litttle script kiddies trying to ddos apple because they cant get their fix.
I don't play any of these games, but where was this option? In the app? If it was how did it get through approval?
Isn’t that essentially what Netflix and Spotify did? And why we now have the reader app category?