My son got the email yesterday and read it to me - very intellectually dishonest, and omitted and modded a few key aspects of the case.
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Epic Games Sends Emails to Fortnite Players Blaming Apple for New Season's Unavailability
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This got me to try Apple Arcade - which I and my kids absolutely love. Epic is using its customers as pawns to try and go outside the established rules. Hurting your customers is now how you keep customers. I'm done with Epic and do not see any path back to them - even if they restored things, they burned that bridge for good.
Which makes no sense since Xbox/Sony/Nintendo typically keep their hardware around for 3-9 years. Apple releases new iPhone and iPads every. Single. Year. They can't take a loss at the start like the Gaming guys (typically) do.
But we all know EPIC is just a giant POS.
Oh no! Apple must be shook losing a free App from their store.
PUGB is front and center today. Wonder why?
I read the comments on this forum and most of them are biased and take the apple side. Frankly 30% is way too high and someone has to fight it. Epic is right over here. I am saying this inspite of being a huge fan of apple for last 20 years (having had more than 20 apple products and software).
Apple needs to concentrate on new computer centric products and stop going over the top with services. All of this is starting to take away from what Apple is renowned for IMHO.
Something a non-gamer would say. Nobody cares about PUBG if they're playing Fortnite plus they'd have to start all over from level 0 and reacquire upgrades. Easier to continue where they left off with a Switch Lite, console, PC, Android device, etc.
Used to be renowned for is more accurate.Apple needs to concentrate on new computer centric products and stop going over the top with services. All of this is starting to take away from what Apple is renowned for IMHO.
I would much rather cover Epics 30% while they fight this case out then have the game gone on iOS. We were already paying it anyways, just put it back to $9 for 1000 vBucks. The current pricing is math gymnastics to make it look like they are "passing along the savings to the user". In reality, we were always paying full price before this, and fees, regardless of market place purchased form. Why was 1,000 vBucks the same price on all platforms, regardless of Epic's fees, until they wanted to make a stance against Apple? We see you Epic.
Epic put a discount on a virtual product to make a point. We get it, there are hidden fees we don't always pay attention to. You want us to see and feel it? Raise iOS prices by 30%, but let us keep the game going. Rendering iOS devices useless, vBucks on iOS spent useless, and disabling a pandemic cross-platform social tool does not make them look good in our (the users) eyes. Hell, make it transparent. List the made up price of vBucks separate from the marketplace fee on all devices.
It's a lot more likely Epic will keep their fanbase and get us on their side, if they ask us to pay an extra $3 for battle bass, then if you nerf all our devices and accounts. Going after the children is the opposite of what you want to do to gain a parent's support.
Epic put a discount on a virtual product to make a point. We get it, there are hidden fees we don't always pay attention to. You want us to see and feel it? Raise iOS prices by 30%, but let us keep the game going. Rendering iOS devices useless, vBucks on iOS spent useless, and disabling a pandemic cross-platform social tool does not make them look good in our (the users) eyes. Hell, make it transparent. List the made up price of vBucks separate from the marketplace fee on all devices.
It's a lot more likely Epic will keep their fanbase and get us on their side, if they ask us to pay an extra $3 for battle bass, then if you nerf all our devices and accounts. Going after the children is the opposite of what you want to do to gain a parent's support.
As an apple fan of 20 years, did you think 30% was to much when apple introduced the apple App Store and if not why do you feel it is now?
I have to disagree I find apple services such as Apple TV and iCloud really add to the experience. I'm a massive fan of the Apple TV app and wish apple could sign more companies up to channels would be great to have all tv series in one app. Im also a massive fan of apple HomeKit. The more I think about if apple keeps going at this rate 3rd party will be less relevantApple needs to concentrate on new computer centric products and stop going over the top with services. All of this is starting to take away from what Apple is renowned for IMHO.
I agree with the judge - go back to the way things were, and if you don't like the way things were, then go to court.
There is no freedom of speech on other people's properties.
Even Facebook has rules on what you can say or nor say in their app.
And you’d like that for a crummy, worthless game design for pubescent kids?
I wasn’t implying all the useful services they offer are a bad thing, just over emphasizing services lately over computer centric products is injecting all this trouble for them.
I noticed that too.
You are correct - but this also brings the question of whether we need new laws for things like this. The Internet has brought about many new kinds of “virtual spaces” where companies can set their own rules. It’s hard to say whether this is fair or not.
Someone will inevitably try to counter-argue that Apple :gasp!: makes a profit on running their store. I would love to know where these people got the mistaken impression that Apple was an NPO.
While I am rooting for Epic in this case, the email was still very misleading. Apple may be preventing the updates but it is solely because Epic won't submit an app that has the direct payments removed and a judge has said that is perfectly acceptable while the case is proceeding to trial. Epic just needs to own this one instead of putting blame where is doesn't belong.
It is not a tax unless it is done by a government. Also the App Store has an exception for charities.
In general, I don't want too see who makes money on what I buy or of it is fair. If I buy a coffee drink for $6 I don't want to know how much of the amount is going to someone in Brazil working on the plantation.