I would probably spend some cash on the Epic store just to show my support.
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Apple Won't Allow Fortnite Back in the App Store Until Legal Battle Ends Due to Epic's 'Duplicitous Conduct'
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And this affects you how, exactly? Live your own life, not Apple’s.
I don't want them back either, I want Epic to crash and burn, then I want to p**s on their half dead, smouldering remains and laugh as the last bit of life is slowly and painfully choked from them! 😂
Yeah, but hurt Epic and Sweeney as much as possible in the mean time! I'm 100% behind apple!
Everyone except the judge who said they wouldn’t be…
Should ban it completely.
And send Tim Sweeney to a mental asylum. He can lose his billionaire space brain and go nuts there.
And send Tim Sweeney to a mental asylum. He can lose his billionaire space brain and go nuts there.
Game over for Epic.
after no appeal verdict is given out (at this rate at SCOTUS level), Apple is likely going to give Epic permanent App Store ban for life and also banned from owning Apple products for life.
Tim messed with Cook, and this is what he will get. Apple played fair, and now he’s getting the wrath of Apple persevering Steve Job’s legacy of retribution.
after no appeal verdict is given out (at this rate at SCOTUS level), Apple is likely going to give Epic permanent App Store ban for life and also banned from owning Apple products for life.
Tim messed with Cook, and this is what he will get. Apple played fair, and now he’s getting the wrath of Apple persevering Steve Job’s legacy of retribution.
did they though?? The literally got kicked off the store for using alternative payment methods, and the judge told Apple they couldn't force apps not to do that anymore.
So let’s some it up. Epic didn’t care about their customers. They don’t care about money obviously as by starting this fiasco they’ve lost millions in revenues and lawyers fees. They’ve created hatred among their former players
Now they’re begging to come back to the App Store and Apple will not let them
In my opinion it’s time to move on
Better games out there.
Apple is right. What a waste of time for everyone
Now they’re begging to come back to the App Store and Apple will not let them
In my opinion it’s time to move on
Better games out there.
Apple is right. What a waste of time for everyone
If Apple keeps going down that road then the monopoly argument will start looking mighty convincing in short order.
If Apple's position in the trial (and if it was significant) was "it would welcome Epic return if they agree to play by the same rules as everyone else" and that was weighed by the judge in Apple's reasonability in the case, it seems Apple just shot themselves in the foot and it could be used against them. On the other hand, Apple probably realizes this and knows the penalty and is willing to go with it in exchange for messing up Epic for at least another round of appeal. Also Apple only said it would welcome their return, not how fast it would happen.
Except in the case of Epic. They specifically told EVERYONE that they INTENTIONALLY didnt fill the tank in PROTEST to the rules.
So yeah. No forgiveness is owed.
Right, so we should trust that Epic will follow the rules this time while they are appealing the judgement and continue to say the rules are no good? That worked out well last year for Epic right?
That's not why they were kicked off. Nor is it what the judge ruled.
They were kicked off for implemented and embedding a separate and complete sales platform within the game. All from a server-side code injection that bypassed App Review.
The just ruled against Apple's anti-steering rule only. All that need be allowed is a mechanism to direct customers to a non-Apple payment platform.
The interpretation of that ruling has been highly debated. There is a strong argument that Epic's alternate payment method would still not be allowable.
Either way Epic hasn't been allowed back on the App Store so they can't even take advantage of it whatever will be allowed now.
So yes, Epic Lost.
Monopoly over smart phones? over gaming devices? Oh, you mean they have a monopoly on iPhone's ecosystem? Right that is a thing.... We should go after Home Depot for having a monopoly over their store shelves too.
This monopoly argument has no footing.
I have no real skin in this fight (not a Fortnite or Epic user) and I don't mind defaulting to Apple's payment ecosystem so the status quo is fine with me, but lets not go down the road of tribalism and retribution for retribution's sake. At the end of the day, we should really care about what's best for the customer right?
I think this is more about what rights a company has or doesn't. I don't think there is any ethical or moral or legal obligation for Apple to allow them in when they violently and purposely broke rules. If your neighbor kid comes into your house and sh**s on your sofa, I'm not sure you are under an obligation to allow him in - in the interest of 'non tribalism'.