You surely also think that Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo must allow other stores, right?I agree that Apple should not be allowed to be the only app store on iOS, thus allowing them to collect 30% fees.
And to those who are saying Epic only wants more money, they are passing the 2/3 of the 30% savings onto customers.
Apple has become anti-competitive and it sounds like the US Government is about to agree. Other world governments have also begun to launch investigations into the anti competitive behavior.
YES! Exactly.
I like Burger King. We don't have a Burger King in my hometown, but we do have a McDonald's. I think Burger King should sue McDonald's and force them to sell Burger King food there. I think it's bad that McDonald's has such a monopoly on what can be sold in their store. Sure, I could just drive down to the next town over to their Burger King and not use McDonald's at all, but I have the McDonald's here.
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I know you tried to be funny, but this is a completely wrong analogy. The platform is not McDonald's or Burger King but the world you live in. So you could go "buy food" (app) at McDonald's in your hometown (App Store), or you go to Burger King in the next town (sideload without using the AppStore) with a slight inconvenience. Like it works on the Mac.YES! Exactly.
I like Burger King. We don't have a Burger King in my hometown, but we do have a McDonald's. I think Burger King should sue McDonald's and force them to sell Burger King food there. I think it's bad that McDonald's has such a monopoly on what can be sold in their store. Sure, I could just drive down to the next town over to their Burger King and not use McDonald's at all, but I have the McDonald's here.
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Well I don’t know where you’ve been posting these supposed three-a-day corrections, but it sure hasn’t been here. Maybe it was all just a dream...Because I spend a lot of time in these forums and there are a lot of uninformed loyalists
There's 15% for subscriptions after a year. If they charged $20 for the app, and $10 a year for a subscription to the next season. That's not they do. They decided they can make a lot more money by giving the app away for free and charging ridiculous money for digital tat.Havent they been on the App Store more than a year? SHouldnt their fee be 15% now? Just curious
I think they will realize they made a mistake. Apple is ready for this war.
Are they so bad?Their prices are not good either. Would they stop charging the game developers a cut from every game they make? Well why not give a sweet deal to all game developers using Unreal engine?
Good point!This isnt a war to Apple. The money involved here is a grain of sand on their beach.
2 Trillion means never having to care about this kind of thing ever again.
Usually the consumers, whoever ruins their day, they will leave to find something else to keep them entertained.Who will blink first?
I want to be on the Epic store but I will only pay 0% instead of 18%.Are they so bad?
From Epic's website:
1) Unreal engine:
- Unreal Engine End User License Agreement for Publishing: This license is free to use and incurs 5% royalties when you monetize your game or other interactive off-the-shelf product and your lifetime gross revenues from that product exceed $1,000,000 USD. -> free until you make 1 million dollars, then 5%
- Unreal Engine End User License Agreement for Creators: This license is free to use and 100% royalty-free; you can use it to create internal or free projects, or to develop linear content or custom projects for clients, but not for publishing off-the-shelf offerings.
2)Epic game store:
What is the Epic Games Store?
The Epic Games Store is a curated digital storefront for PC and Mac, designed with both players and creators in mind. It’s focused on providing great games for gamers, and a fair deal for game developers. When you buy a game on the Epic Games Store, 88% of the price goes directly to developers, versus only 70% on many other stores. This helps developers invest into building bigger and better games.
Why doesn’t Epic tell their customers they’re using them as pawns? This is 100% on Epic and their greed.