I am surprised Samsung would be public about this support. First Google does the same thing on the Android platform they support. Second, Apple still spends a tremendous amount of money on Samsung components. Never bite the hand that feeds too hard.
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Epic Games and Samsung Send 'Free Fortnite' Swag to Influencers With Galaxy Tab S7
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umm, Samsung Galaxy Store charges the same 30% commission that Apple and Google charge, so......
This is what I was trying to find. If this is true, if they aren’t really putting Fortnite up for free, then this says a lot more about Samsung than Epic. Samsung has a habit of taking digs at Apple based on whatever troll fodder is trending at the moment and then doing the exact same thing without any sense of shame...
In order to get attention they need to imitate Apple's design system and influencers are clueless enough to think they are sporting Apple gear.
I was referring to "tilting at windmills," but also, to be fair, I have only ever read it as part of a high school Spanish class, and now I can't even remember if it was in English or not, lol.
Is it just me, or does this not look and feel like an Apple swag item? The minimalistic white box exterior? The font (California?)? The horizontal banded rainbow logo?
As Epic Games' dispute with Apple continues on, the gaming company has teamed up with Samsung to send "Free Fortnite" swag out to influencers.
The gift package, which was shared by Kinda Funny's Greg Miller, includes a "Free Fortnite" jacket with a rainbow-colored llama logo and a Galaxy Tab S7 tablet from Samsung. A note included with package has a reminder that Fortnite is available from the Epic Games app on the Galaxy Store.Fortnite was pulled from the App Store on iOS devices back in August after Epic Games decided it would no longer pay Apple's fees for in-app purchases. Epic Games added a direct purchase option for Fortnite currency in the app, breaking Apple's App Store rules and resulting in Apple removing the app from the App Store.
Fortnite then launched an anti-Apple PR campaign and filed a lawsuit against Apple accusing Apple of imposing "anti-competitive restraints" on apps, and employing "monopolistic practices in markets" to "block competition and stifle innovation."
Since then, the two companies have been embroiled in a legal battle and Fortnite has refused to comply with the App Store terms to get the app back in the App Store while the lawsuit plays out. Fortnite is no longer available on the App Store, and players who had the app downloaded before are unable to get updates. Google too is facing a lawsuit with Epic Games and has also removed Fortnite from the Play Store.
Epic Games and Apple are set to face off in court in July 2021, and it's unlikely Fortnite will return to the App Store before then. The Fortnite app is also unavailable on macOS, but can be played on PCs, consoles, and Android-based mobile devices, and it will soon be available on iOS through GeForce NOW.
Article Link: Epic Games and Samsung Send 'Free Fortnite' Swag to Influencers With Galaxy Tab S7
Also, man this is a pathetic waste of material that will be in a landfill one day.
Why some of you folk ripping on influencers, apple send pre release products to influencers for day 1 reviews as well, the hypocrisy is real here
Looking at the early posts, many of them have a single dislike...
Each of those is from Appleman3546 who does not even bother to post a dissenting view.
MacRumors needs to change the style of listing likes/dislikes (maybe to a colored wheel with ratios). Otherwise griefer trolls such as Appleman singlehandedly make popular posts appear to have popular dissent.
Anyway, this is one of the times I'm glad I don't use Fortnite or any of the other similar games (Pubg, Apex, etc). There are better ways to troll than tacky swag. If you're going to try swag marketing, a "Good" choice would be to make the products either obviously tongue in cheek or higher quality. A "Better" choice yet, make your lawsuit higher quality. The "Best" option would be to make a higher quality game.
Each of those is from Appleman3546 who does not even bother to post a dissenting view.
MacRumors needs to change the style of listing likes/dislikes (maybe to a colored wheel with ratios). Otherwise griefer trolls such as Appleman singlehandedly make popular posts appear to have popular dissent.
Anyway, this is one of the times I'm glad I don't use Fortnite or any of the other similar games (Pubg, Apex, etc). There are better ways to troll than tacky swag. If you're going to try swag marketing, a "Good" choice would be to make the products either obviously tongue in cheek or higher quality. A "Better" choice yet, make your lawsuit higher quality. The "Best" option would be to make a higher quality game.
Not trying to defend Samsung at all here, but did you even read the link you posted?
“• The Galaxy Store review process consists of two phases: Pre-Review and Device Test.
• During the Pre-Review phase, security, basic functions, and content of the app are reviewed.”
I’m fairly certain that their review process is nowhere near Apple’s, but I wouldn’t go as far to say to that they ONLY check the app to see if it crashes. That would be incredibly irresponsible of them, especially considering that they try to copy Apple with EVERYTHING...
In the words of my nephew who plays a lot of games and couldn't stop talking about Fortnite a year ago, "Epic ruined the game. It hasn't been good in a while". If others feel the same way, this will soon be the end of a very lucrative run for Epic. Weird that they should die on this hill.
Brilliant, healthy and effective competition to Apple and google hahahahaha
Did YOU even read the page?
Phase 2 is where they do "device test" to check "App freezes, forced termination, errors in app functional operation, etc.".
What can you possibly do pre-device test that would find security issues? Run a malware scanner? The "Pre-review" checks "App installation, execution, etc." which likely all it does is check the manifest file to see if it can be installed and run on XYZ devices and checks the permissions the app will ask for ahead of time.
There's no sure way to be funny, but one sure way to be un-funny is to be expected. And this is expected.
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The CEO doesn’t like Apple charge them fees and he sacrificed with investors and end users of the company. It doesn’t sound right no matter how I look at this.