Epic Games, Spotify, and Tile Form 'Coalition for App Fairness' to 'Fight Back' Against Apple

[Pow!]

Epic, with their deals with game devs that make the games exclusive to Epic and not allowed to be offered in any other store?

Spotify, ruining podcasts by making them exclusive to their app?

Tile, where I can’t see my past data unless I pay a subscription fee?

All scum. Why do they think they’re so essential to the world?

 

[Pirate!]

I really do wish sites like this one would quit giving these guys a megaphone. Why we continue to incentivize whining with increased exposure is beyond me.

I think it’s fair to post things like this on the site. I’d much rather read about this than the next up-and-coming leaker’s rumors. Something with this many big names behind it is going to get a lot of publicity no matter what. This forum just provides a different method of gathering different facts and opinions of the case to help continue building/developing your own point of view on it.

 

[WWPD]

The Coalition for App Fairness has released their official mascot.

 

[Quu]

This is getting spicy.

 

[Baymowe335]

These 3 companies have this 1 thing in common!

CLICK HERE to find out what!!!

 

[wheelhot]

I hope Epic Games will distribute their engine for free to game devs as well since their monopolistic behaviour and pricing is withholding consumer rights to better game development 😜

 

[madsci954]

The 3 CEOs of these companies are going to be on a future episode of Joe Rogan.

 

[pauloregan]

This is what happens when a handful of companies want to control the internet. Tyrell Corporation, the early years.

 

[Corsig]

Excellent. Now I have a handy list of companies not to spend my money on

 

[samwa3]

Sad to see ProtonMail join this. Their stance on things is usually more though-out. How they can even think to join forces with companies like Epic Games or Spotify...

 

[sparkinstx]

I can see some valid criticism. For example, the fact that the Tile app has to be running in the background all the time, to be able to track location. I'll bet that won't be the case with AirTags.

 

[iReality85]

Lmao.

So after reading through those ten points, basically, "We want to develop apps how we want, use your storefront how we want, and your rules shouldn't apply."

There's a term for this: freeloading.

 

[Codestud]

I think that the 30% tax is their biggest issue. I have always thought it was too much. Surely at even 15%-20% Apple would still make a ton of money.

 

[benshive]

From their website:

For most purchases made within its App Store, Apple takes 30% of the purchase price. No other transaction fee — in any industry — comes close.

That's just a blatant lie. Epic Games literally has their game on multiple other platforms that take the same cut...

 

[Kkspire]

Awe how cute of them as mama said, don’t bite the hand that feeds you.

 

[PickUrPoison]

Looks like it’s...game over...for Apple.

Yeah no. This will have no effect on Apple whatsoever.

 

[breather]

One thing I like about the App Store is that I know Apple has vetted the apps there, so the risk of running into an App that does something malicious is pretty much zero.
Also, I know that every iOS App that exits is in that store, I don't have to rummage through the interwebs in order to find Apps.

 

[cocky jeremy]

This stuff is kind of amusing. You could maybe argue that 30% is too high, but Apple has their argument for charging this much as well. This feels like a losing battle to me though. Take your app off the App Store and see how well you do.

At the end of the day, it's Apple's platform and they can charge whatever they want. Don't like it? Move on... oh wait, everyone charges 30%.

 

[timidpimpin]

The tribalism being shown here is sad. One could not be blamed for thinking humans have not evolved at all after reading this thread.

 

[timidpimpin]

At the end of the day, it's Apple's platform and they can charge whatever they want. Don't like it? Move on... oh wait, everyone charges 30%.

Everyone? Epic charges 12%.

 

[willyx]

I think that the 30% tax is their biggest issue. I have always thought it was too much. Surely at even 15%-20% Apple would still make a ton of money.

No, their biggest issue is Apple being the payments gatekeeper on the App Store.

 

[macsplusmacs]

So in other words...

THE WHINE CLUB™

 

[AppleInLVX]

That's one bitter, miserable bunch of people. I bet their parties are *such* fun!

 

[mariusfanu]

I want to sell my music on Spotify, without them taking a cut... 😅

 

[Slippery Gimp]

"together we will fight back against the monopolist control of the app ecosystem by Apple."

*ahem*..."the terms of which we happily agreed to so we could get our products on their App Store"