Apple should buy PUBG and offer it and all skins add ons for free on all platforms just to shut epic up
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Epic Games Sends Emails to Fortnite Players Blaming Apple for New Season's Unavailability
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If it's decreased in any way, you as a consumer will probably never see it. Sure, some companies may make a big deal about lowering the prices for a few months, but they'll raise them again soon enough. If a price of x dollars maximizes 70% of the revenue it maximizes all of the revenue. Companies exist to make money, not to be charities. If they're not maximizing their revenue and profits, they're not doing their job and shareholders have a legitimate grievance. Look at this situation from that perspective and you'll see what both sides of the case have at stake.
Im pretty sure that the top of the range Google and Samsung phones are the same price as apple iPhones, so I cant see how how only well off people buy iPhones. there has has to be a bigger reason for people with a $1000 iPhone spend more on apps that someone with a $1000 galaxy or Pixel Phone
Thats because this particular legal battle is stupid. Fortnite is clearly and obviously not facing a monopoly situation. The proof of this is that they are able to stop supporting Apple and Google devices and are able to still exisit on multiple systems. And Epic's argument that consoles are different that phones is weak. It's just a stupid case.
Maybe you can structure a case for App Stores in general but I'm not so sure about that.
You cant argue this would be a great move for the consumer right? Which after all epic wants whats best for the consumer
Epic telling customers to make use of alternate hardware/software completely undermines their antitrust lawsuit. It's proof that they don't actually believe switching platforms is a barrier to using their products.
What gets me is Apple is getting ALL the bad press from EPIC, but yet Fortnite is still blocked on the Google Play Store as well but it is not mentioned at all. Yes you can play it on an Android device IF you use a 3rd party app store.
No one has reached your first conclusion, only investigating whether it's true. Apple believes it is in compliance with the law and will have a chance to argue it in court if this case goes to trial. It's likely however it's decided it will be appealed to the highest levels, so this will take years to play out.
Please stop making "freedom" a bad word. Apple isn't trampling on anyone's civil rights. Walk into Walmart or any other business with a sign advertising a competitor or denouncing their business practices and see how quickly you're ushered out. App developers are free to make any statements they want on their websites or in the media, including offering subscriptions and purchases that can be used in their apps. They just can use the App Store to advertise these services. Would you feel any differently if you were running your business? How would you feel if the government ordered you to allow competing services to be advertised on your store front?
This is just not true. Maybe you don't care about security or payment methods, but every iPhone and Mac user I know (and that's a lot) does.
Epic hasn't exactly been playing this in a smart way. I think they're trying to win public opinion rather than a legal battle.
It wouldn't be *gasp* the easy use of IAP or the security of the apps, would it ?
Not to mention their "reduced price" though their own payment processor was still not close to giving customers back that 30% so wrongfully taken from the Evil Apple
Don’t know what you are referring to. The first statement was the statement of an anti trust commission and has nothing to do with Epic - and the antritrust commission doesn‘t care about when the Epic case is going to court.
Regarding the second „freedom of speech“ - yes you may be right the way you represent your opinion. I‘m seeing it the way that I have to see the amount of tax I‘m paying when I‘m buying something. Would‘t you be furious if you make a donation of $100 to let’s say „save the children“ and later you know That Apple took 30% of your donation.
All of you guys continue to argue the same way - Apple is not a monopolist and is allowed to do whatever it wants to do. My opinion is that Apple is a monopolist- the same way anti trust commissions are seeing it - and therefor is NOT allowed to do whatever it wants do. Simple as that - Apple has already lost and I guess even Tim Cook knows this, but he wants to continue as long as possible.
They can easily do that, but people want convenience, right there and in the spot.
Fortnite threw a tantrum like a little kid who didn't get what they wanted, seriously, this is not even about fighting for their gaming community. That being said, it's their game so they can do what they want with it. Likewise Apple can do what they want with their App store because, after all, it is theirs. When you use their platform you agree to their terms of use, there are no surprises there. Has anyone looked at Epic's EULA? It's insane!
Big baby’s they knew the terms they agreed to. Not to mention it’s not uncommon to keep a cut even 15-30% so not sure why they are only complaining about Apple look at anazon, google and so on same fees
Folks on mobile devices are far more interested in having blue bubbles when texting.
If they switch, it will be to buy another device to play it on while keeping those sweet blue bubbles!But, this isn’t a new “hard line stand”. This is how the store has been working all the while. And still, with this incredibly restrictive store setup (plus the high dollar hardware required to access it), the marketshare (of the hardware, in the US) continues to increase. If we were going to see a migration, it would have happened before now. Now, if Apple raises the prices of their hardware more AND increases the cut to, say, 50%, then we MIGHT see a migration of consumers and developers. But, as the juggernaut that currently exists was built with this strategy in place, I don’t see how “continuing to do exactly the same as they always have” would lead to a migration away from Apple.
