I don’t know, this seems a bit like Mythic Quest to me. One will win, the other is a child.
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Epic Games Aiming to Recruit 'Coalition of Apple Critics' to Fight App Store Policies
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and rather dumb, because no matter how many folks don't like Apple's policies it doesn't mean they are illegal. i mean apple has been fighting folks trying to make anti trust etc claims for years. and every time it comes back that iOS apps, iPhones etc are NOT a market but part of much bigger ones and Apple is in the clear. that's not likely to change this time.
Epic is arguing that the contract is coercive because Apple is using its market position as leverage to force onerous rules on developers, and capriciously changes those rules after the fact to suit its bottom line. It's probably why they filed a suit and are winning the PR battle. Try again.
So, all Microsoft had to do back in the 90s was say you weren't just buying Windows, but into the Microsoft ecosystem and they would have been able to get by with bundling Office into Windows? If I didn't know any better, I'd say we were playing a game of semantics.
Edit: Also, please spare me the contrived "but Microsoft had 90% market share then" argument. All that proves is that regulators waited far too long to reel Microsoft in, and even with their actions to stop Microsoft, the word processing market was already too far destroyed to recover. It's an argument as to why Apple and Big Tech should be regulated now, not when they get to Microsoft's former market share.
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There was way too little effort put into this response, so I'm not considering it. Can't even be bothered to read a few paragraphs. lol.
I can’t help but find this whole thing as being hilarious. Tim Sweeney’s 7.1 billion wasn’t enough so he got a little greedy. Could Unreal Engine become the next Adobe Flash? I guess we’ll see.
So does EPIC vow to write a dev kit for third parties to write mods for Fortnite and sell them as an IAP within the game with no commission to EPIC? Thought not.
Hey, if you can kill the creator while leaving the platform intact, why not go for it. I thought you Apple fans were all about letting businesses do what businesses do?
there was a lot of thought. Far more than the essay I replied to.
If so important for epic that other companies meed to run open for all and free digital stores. Why dont epic then open up thier in game store so the users can sell home made skins and items for fortnite with zero money going to epic then 😝
How did you know what the point was if you didn't read it? You really aren't good at backing yourself up, are you?
Allowing third party payments and third party store would fundamentally change the platform. It would make the iPhone vulnerable to exploits and weaken its security. It would make the iPhone something that it’s currently not. Shouldn’t iPhone users have the right to pick a platform that’s different than Android?
How much did they make with Blackberry when they were the market leader? Why are iOS users the minority in users, but the majority in sales? Arguably it’s because users are more likely to buy when they feel their data is secure.
That is what I am saying. I dont know what the point was because it wasn’t in the first paragraph.
Why don't both Apple and Epic Games open up their stores? That sounds like a consumer-friendly compromise.
I hope this backfires on Epic Games and the entire gaming industry. They tried turning this fight, which is essentially a fight for a bigger share of the pie and the ability to do whatever the **** they want on someone else's platform, into a moral crusade. Their propaganda machine is on full-blast with noble-sounding words to cover up how ridiculous they sound. They can charge kids $7.99 for some virtual currency so they can buy random lootboxes (basically encouraging early gambling) but somehow Apple is the bad guy for enforcing a rule that they do with every developers? (And how dare Apple try to take a slice of the profit. Mine mine mine) It's like me going into your house and start shting on all your house rules, then calling the police when I kick you out.
If anything comes out of this, my hope is that the world takes this opportunity to take an in-depth look into the shady and plain predatory industry that is the gaming industry. Everyone who reads this should take some time out of their day to do some research; it will make your blood boil. Social media gets a bad rap for building a business out of ensnaring an entire generation on dopamine spikes, but the real devil is the gaming industry!!! Lootboxes, virtual currencies, and all kind of psychological tricks and gimmicks to get people hooked. It's truly a den of thieves. Yet this multi-billion dollar company Epic Games is trying to claim the moral high-ground in this fight? Making a mockery out of all of us!
Many countries are already starting to look into regulating and toning down some of the more immoral practices in the gaming industry. Hopefully this fight will get US to start looking at the same. If anything needs regulating, it's the gaming industry!
Maybe some good will come out of this after all.
If anything comes out of this, my hope is that the world takes this opportunity to take an in-depth look into the shady and plain predatory industry that is the gaming industry. Everyone who reads this should take some time out of their day to do some research; it will make your blood boil. Social media gets a bad rap for building a business out of ensnaring an entire generation on dopamine spikes, but the real devil is the gaming industry!!! Lootboxes, virtual currencies, and all kind of psychological tricks and gimmicks to get people hooked. It's truly a den of thieves. Yet this multi-billion dollar company Epic Games is trying to claim the moral high-ground in this fight? Making a mockery out of all of us!
Many countries are already starting to look into regulating and toning down some of the more immoral practices in the gaming industry. Hopefully this fight will get US to start looking at the same. If anything needs regulating, it's the gaming industry!
Maybe some good will come out of this after all.
Arguably conjecture, yes.
Vulnerable to the same exploits the world is already used to. I prefer to choose how to keep myself safe, your argument has just hit a brick wall for anybody that doesn't need to be babysat.
Open stores benefit some, but not all, customers. Opening them both would harm more than leaving one closed.
Did you mean the IE issue instead of Office? I do not recall Microsoft wanting to bundle Office in Windows and were forced not to.
The world has already picked it's piece of cake for tonight, and that's Apple. Maybe if we want seconds, but by then Apple will be in the world's stomach, so your point is kind of moot concerning AAPL.
I can argue any contract is illegal. But it still doesn't give me a pass to break it without any issues until a court decides it is illegal.