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Epic Games 'Attempting to Locate' Former iOS Chief Scott Forstall to Testify in Ongoing Legal Battle with Apple
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I may be wrong, but since this is a civil case, my understanding is that nobody can obligate a witness to testify or come to the court.
Scott is still a shareholder.
He still has millions of dollars in Apple stock, if he has to testify, he’s going to try to put apple in the best light to keep his pockets full.
He may be A former employee, but when money is involved, that doesn’t mean anything
He still has millions of dollars in Apple stock, if he has to testify, he’s going to try to put apple in the best light to keep his pockets full.
He may be A former employee, but when money is involved, that doesn’t mean anything
These are all virtual currencies , they are getting a **** load of money for something that doesn’t really cost them anything, sure there’s the initial developer cost to put the features in, but once they are in it’s just free money, i think it’s pretty bad form to complain over something like this, Epic agreed to the terms when they used apples libraries and software and gave them a platform to give every Apple user access.
It’s common courtesy that you don’t hand out someone’s contact data without checking with that person.
Apple didn’t ”try to throw valve under the bus.” They asked for documents from third-party Valve. Same as Epic seeking testimony from third party Forstall.
The level of misunderstanding of litigation on here is what’s truly “epic.”
Our tax dollars fund court cases: judge pay, court upkeep, building, etc. Yes, Apple and Epic's legal teams are paying for expenses, but it's when the court passes their ruling.
This whole case is a giant waste of time. It's a huge publicity stunt for Epic Games and their store. If the court rules in favor of Epic, which I doubt, then it'll set a pretty bad precedent going forward. Epic will try this on console manufacturers next, forcing users to install their application in order to play their game (and selling other games that these stores will offer). Epic may have deviated away from the traditional retail percentage, but Apple, Microsoft, Google, Sony and Nintendo all still use the standard 30% commission traditional retailers use.
The "spyware" myth was debunked, it was a joke.
Another thing I noticed today: Epic is getting pounded on TrustPilot and BBB lately. Search "Epic Store complaints", I wasn't expecting to find really anything.
No. He did not "leave Apple" Macrumors. He was thrown under the bus & forced out by a CEO who was looking for any excuse to fire him because he couldn't stand up to "God Ive" and was afraid of conflict.
Apple has offered to represent him. If he says he does not want to testify, can their counsel represent him in an attempt to quash the subpoena or would that be a conflict? Can Apple reimburse him for his legal expense, if he provides his own counsel or does that create a conflict for the attorney? If he is compelled to testify, given that he is no longer an employee, must he be compensated by either side for his time? If so, is there a standard rate or would it be based on his last salary?
Given that he has be gone for 10 years, in your experience, how likely would a court be to compel his testimony if he were to refuse to testify?
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its not real stitching, but screened on... I think it's called "skeuomorphism"
Im more worried about CDPR and how they screwed up Cyberpunk 2077 launch, now that was an EPIC failure.
