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Epic Games CEO to Speak in South Korea Next Week Against the App Store Amid Ongoing Tensions With Apple
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Epic hasn't learned its lessons yet trying to take cheap shots at Apple will make this guy feel better about being a loser.
My problem isn’t so much with their creepy/blind adoration, but with the way they tend to feel it’s their right and duty to treat anyone who doesn’t share it.
Understood. So instead of focusing on billionaires, let's instead focus on the "freedom" aspect only. That is the more interesting debate, right?
Great, that helps to narrow this down. Now, is freedom a positive thing to have? Or do you see merit in taking away a person's freedoms in the interest of the greater good, in the interest of our collective security? Freedom is a beautiful concept, but it is admittedly inherently messy, and people are flawed and ill-natured creatures, so perhaps you would prefer a more draconian, iron grip on the system to protect people from themselves? Does this remind you of anything else in the world? Drawing any parallels?
That Tim Sweeney man is an immature TROLL. Nobody should listen to him.
*nods mindlessly when Craig and Tim say sideloading will “open the floodgates”*
*nods mindlessly when Craig and Tim say sideloading will “open the floodgates”*
I do not want a software developer interfering with my hardware security
Epic's goal will always be their own store on iOS. They will never stop this until that is achieved, or until they run out of money (or Tencent pulling the plug).
Especially one who is making profit from kids gambling.
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This is all becoming just a joke now. This CEO just won’t go away.
It will appeal to very few people and they won't be well after a while.
The concept they are promoting that we can use these devices to 'make a living' is just not credible and completely codswallop nonsense. Even the best VR possible will be impractically uncomfortable to use for more than a couple of hours a day. I tried my best with Oculus and it was horrible and kept ****ing up the shape of my hair.
Every time Sweeney opens his mouth Mac Andreessen's words keep coming out. Would be a shame if that's true and he is reading from a script. You don't want Andreessen anywhere near your device after his record of investing in platforms and scams and his political views.
Apple’s App Store monopoly is living on borrowed time. Timmy is doing his best to postpone the inevitable, but it won’t matter at the end.
I picked a side between users who need safety and privacy versus the fash wing of Silicon Valley who want to rip the guts out of your phone and monetise every thing you do right down to the smallest micro transaction.
If you don't know what their stupid 'web3' agenda is you haven't been keeping up. They'll make the internet and life very expensive for you and you will never have any privacy again. They even want to score your reputation. Nobody should ever have this kind of reputation scoring otherwise we will have one place that scores you down for not being religious enough and another place scoring you down because they hate the way you express yourself.
You lost Epic now please go away. Take your little side loading victory(which no one will ever use btw) and go home.
Both Apple & Epic are pitching an ALL OR NOTHING strategy !
Neither will win.
In the end, there will be a middle-ground solution.
I believe Apple should allow NON-Game App Devs to "notarize" their iOS Apps, identical to what Apple already allows for macOS apps.
Notarization is a feature of Xcode, where the Archive (i.e., packaged executable code) is sent to Apple & scanned for known viruses & malicious code, etc.
It provides some level of confidence that the macOS app is OK.
In fact, Apple probably does the exact same with iOS apps that go thru Review.
macOS supports the install of such macOS apps.
I want to see iOS add similar support !
Also, & this is important, & why I think I've backed Apple into a corner with this (I made my request for it "official" just yesterday), the capability is needed for Apple's M1 Macs !
M1 Macs can run iOS apps !
As such, don't be surprised if Apple soon adds support for Notarizing iOS apps for install in M1 Macs !
That will be the first step !
And it will be a BIG first step.
IMO, Apple has to at least allow side-loading of iOS apps on M1 Macs !
And, this extremely important, Apple probably came to the same conclusion many months ago, & that's why they have NEVER ONCE promoted iOS apps on M1 Macs the past "n" months !
i.e., they boxed themselves into a Corner (with their early Marketing promos about it) !
Neither will win.
In the end, there will be a middle-ground solution.
I believe Apple should allow NON-Game App Devs to "notarize" their iOS Apps, identical to what Apple already allows for macOS apps.
Notarization is a feature of Xcode, where the Archive (i.e., packaged executable code) is sent to Apple & scanned for known viruses & malicious code, etc.
It provides some level of confidence that the macOS app is OK.
In fact, Apple probably does the exact same with iOS apps that go thru Review.
macOS supports the install of such macOS apps.
I want to see iOS add similar support !
Also, & this is important, & why I think I've backed Apple into a corner with this (I made my request for it "official" just yesterday), the capability is needed for Apple's M1 Macs !
M1 Macs can run iOS apps !
As such, don't be surprised if Apple soon adds support for Notarizing iOS apps for install in M1 Macs !
That will be the first step !
And it will be a BIG first step.
IMO, Apple has to at least allow side-loading of iOS apps on M1 Macs !
And, this extremely important, Apple probably came to the same conclusion many months ago, & that's why they have NEVER ONCE promoted iOS apps on M1 Macs the past "n" months !
i.e., they boxed themselves into a Corner (with their early Marketing promos about it) !
Corporations only have themselves to blame. They peddled, encouraged and supported grievance politics for decades.
I'm still not sure how my phone would be a security disaster by not using the app store, when my MacBook is fine.
Maybe the idea is that more idiots are on phones rather than on laptops, and on the phone will install any old crap flagged up by FB and the like. That includes hundreds of little crappy apps from the App Store, that people aren't so likely to put an equivalent of on their Mac (like the latest photo app that makes you look old/different gender/like an elf/like a cartoon/etc). So having an app store limit/review those kinda apps might make sense for a phone/tablet. Seems a bit of a stretch though when you could just warn users about security every time you want to sideload an app or use a different payment store. It works fine on the Mac and you could add even more security notifications. I got my new Mac and had to enable kext installation. When apps want access to other MacOS features I get asked to give them permission. When I run them for the first time it warns me it came from the internet.
Epic clearly lost the case because they were in breach of contract with Apple. Straight up clear-cut broke the rules. Is the only contract available with Apple a fair and reasonable one though? Apple needs money to support APIs and tools and the store itself, but if 30% of everything I earned went to Apple, and I was giving them millions, there's a point where I might get pretty annoyed at the vast amount of money they were making from my game, with no alternative option but to give them all that money.
So I think it's right Epic lost, but an inescapable 30% cut of everything you make on an iOS app does kinda suck, and the argument that it makes security watertight (it doesn't based on some of Apple's past app approval history), and would be a security disaster without, is pretty flimsy.
Maybe the idea is that more idiots are on phones rather than on laptops, and on the phone will install any old crap flagged up by FB and the like. That includes hundreds of little crappy apps from the App Store, that people aren't so likely to put an equivalent of on their Mac (like the latest photo app that makes you look old/different gender/like an elf/like a cartoon/etc). So having an app store limit/review those kinda apps might make sense for a phone/tablet. Seems a bit of a stretch though when you could just warn users about security every time you want to sideload an app or use a different payment store. It works fine on the Mac and you could add even more security notifications. I got my new Mac and had to enable kext installation. When apps want access to other MacOS features I get asked to give them permission. When I run them for the first time it warns me it came from the internet.
Epic clearly lost the case because they were in breach of contract with Apple. Straight up clear-cut broke the rules. Is the only contract available with Apple a fair and reasonable one though? Apple needs money to support APIs and tools and the store itself, but if 30% of everything I earned went to Apple, and I was giving them millions, there's a point where I might get pretty annoyed at the vast amount of money they were making from my game, with no alternative option but to give them all that money.
So I think it's right Epic lost, but an inescapable 30% cut of everything you make on an iOS app does kinda suck, and the argument that it makes security watertight (it doesn't based on some of Apple's past app approval history), and would be a security disaster without, is pretty flimsy.
I used to be such a fan of Epic Games.
You know, in the good old days of Unreal, UT (incl 2004 and 3), Gears of War 1-3…
I can’t blame them for going after that Fortnite money. But this whole “we’re doing this for the little guy!” act is really getting old when it’s so obvious they’re only doing things to get an even fuller bank account.
You know, in the good old days of Unreal, UT (incl 2004 and 3), Gears of War 1-3…
I can’t blame them for going after that Fortnite money. But this whole “we’re doing this for the little guy!” act is really getting old when it’s so obvious they’re only doing things to get an even fuller bank account.
I finally want to see Epic Games Launcher fully supported in Crossover Mac. With Steam I noticed that many installs of games work better and more energy efficient as Windows versions run through Crossover than do their ‘native’ ports. Also I have many Windows games that don't have Mac versions. I want to play them on my Mac.
Can you do that, Tim?
Can you do that, Tim?
Epic did not play by app store rules. Seems ridiculous of them to speak about "fairness"
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