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Epic Games Store Launches on iPhone in EU, Brings Fortnite Back to iOS
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You literally are replying in a post where Apple has been forced to open up the hardware. Seems like it works in that way more than you think
I also own my Xbox but I can't buy Zelda on it.
Please, when you buy an iPhone, you agreed to the terms and services that come with it.
Hey, with Fortnite being a platform instead of just a game that actually might be a great argument down the road, same for Roblox.
Well unless you’re in the eu or Japan in 2025 buy an android. your opinion is your opinion but it is what it is.
Okay you have the wrong hardware then. You knew it when you bought it.
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In the EU, which has had being attacking US tech companies for sometime.
This isn't about "attacking US tech companies", it's about fixing the abusive behavior of tech companies.
Apple has managed to Stockholm Syndrome lots of people into believing that the abuse is for their own good, which is even more disgusting.
Apple hasn't always been like this. My Apple II came with schematics and ROM code listings.
What a weird take. It shouldn't matter what you buy - you bought it, and should be able to do as you please. It's that simple.
Have you seen our tech companies? I can't blame the EU - I don't like amercian Big Tech either!
So don’t use american tech products. Unlike air, food and water you don’t expire if you buy an iPhone. Buy some European cell phone.
Stop using it then.
American tech companies are crooked as F, and need to be knocked down several pegs, across the board. Every single one of them. I absolutely loathe the tech industry and their rent-seeking practices. I can't stop using them, but I can push for our government to stand up to them.
Car companies used to do the same, but now rules (laws) exist to allow 3rd party repairs, diagnostics, modifications, upgrades, parts, without issue, and without voiding the warranty. Why is the tech industry so special that they should be exempt?
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Ahh yes. Like forcing everyone to through away millions of perfectly working fine Lighting cables for USB-C ones! Thanks EU! More waste
Except you agreed to the TOS when you bought it, so no, you don't.
Why is such a TOS even legal?
You seem to be heavily involved with Apple (aging, several year old products), so maybe you should switch if you don't like their rules?
Apple over-regulating the 3rd party store market with their endless small print will probably stifle it, yes.
Right - let me uproot my digital existence, strain communication between me and my loved ones, and have to spend hundreds (if not thousands) on new hardware to prove a point. Fact of the matter is that I buy what works best for me, even if it means buying from a company I don't 100% agree with. Things in real life aren't as simple as single issues.
Ask the EU? Maybe nothing should be legal?
Windows Phone didn’t just popularise the idea of flat design: it invented it. There are a few things of iOS 6 I miss. I was always a fan of the way the background parted to reveal the folder contents and how it moved upwards slightly for the multitasking interface was really cool.
But Windows Phone 7 made iOS 6 and Android 4 look 5 years out of date. It was fast, gave the user instant info and made good use of typography. It was a lot better than that static grid.