I'm all for this as long as it's worse for everyone else as well. Let everyone play in the same sandbox.
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Apple Wins Stay in Epic Case, Won't Have to Implement App Store Changes Tomorrow
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You're information is out of date. We've already learned that large tech companies have long been getting App Store revenue-sharing discounts from Apple.
True, but it will be several months of teeth-gashing on MR before the dust is settled. In the meantime, Apple has plenty of opportunity to beef up it's legal case. And...we'll see where this goes.
All app store developers should be treated fairly, but that doesn't mean they should all be treated equally. Business always takes care of the largest of the customers in different ways than the smallest of the customers.
And most judges these days are for sale. So you're right, no surprise here.
Yes and coming close to $3T market cap. I’m sorry but there’s no way the stock market is accurately valued right now. Even the company I work for is close to being valued at $500B. I remember when that was the value of Exxon and it was the most valuable US company. Now you’ve got 5 companies all around $1t+. Crazy.
I’m a free market person so I would probably have sided with Apple in the legal dispute. But if I was a purchaser of an app that I depended on a lot I would prefer more of the revenue from the sale go towards further development and support of the app then to a general store front.
Tim Sweeney's gonna need a third hand to hold all the a** Apple's handed him.
I agree. I was refuting the other poster's point that this was a loss for big tech companies.
This is good news! Tbf I support the App Store fees whether it’s Google or Apple. 30% is more than fair for big developers. For small developers it’s 15% which is even better!
It’s their distribution platform why shouldn’t you pay? Don’t like the fees? Fine, don’t use it. You don’t go to a train station and demand the ticket price be lowered do you?
The gaming industry really does feed into the narrative of “The rich get richer”. Epic Games, EA, Craptivision…they’re all just pure greedy.
It’s their distribution platform why shouldn’t you pay? Don’t like the fees? Fine, don’t use it. You don’t go to a train station and demand the ticket price be lowered do you?
The gaming industry really does feed into the narrative of “The rich get richer”. Epic Games, EA, Craptivision…they’re all just pure greedy.
Apparently there is a second part of the injunction that is not part of the stay. Wonder how that will play out.
www.theverge.com
Epic v. Apple ruling put on hold after appeals court grants a stay
“Apple has demonstrated, at minimum, that its appeal raises serious questions”
www.theverge.com
And the regulators are playing for keeps. Apple continues to tread very very closely to the line that might get them slapped down by regulators. We would all be best served if Apple were to be a little more of a team player and less the schoolyard bully. If government regulators feel the need to step in, Apple will not like the restrictions.
You mean other than being able to pay less for stuff without having to manually find and navigate to the payment page in Safari?
Being able to actually manage billing information in-app for services that refuse IAP payment?
Yeah... consumers wouldn't have benefitted at all from this.
Hopefully they're forced to allow sideloading!
So require non-exclusive support of IAP for those that want to pay more for the convenience.
Paying less for customers is not a given, nor is the "increased innovation" in 3rd party apps that has been a talking point.
I don’t think that Epic is actually paying the legal bills for all this, they are just the face for other companies & governments going after Apple.
I’m starting to think most people in this forum work at apple…
And I’m surprised how little anyone attests this to all the stimulus the govt has put out with the past president and current plans to do. It’s gonna cause inflation and artificially inflate the economy. Y’all just wait till after the high. #rolleyes I’m just gonna keep watching everyone continue to look around like there’s no reason and laugh.
Any reason developers couldn't use an in-app browser instead of an external link?
Epic and Sweeney are so pathetic. Apple has many issues, but these clowns just don’t want money flowing around an ecosystem unless they control it. Clowns.
That's the entire problem, their App Store is the only one available, and they explicitly prohibit alternatives.
They're monopolizing that fact to force IAP onto developers as the sole means to process digital payments.