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Epic Games vs. Apple Trial Begins With Opening Remarks Underway
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It’s called chargebacks. The big box store do not lose money. They also set the prices they will pay for your product, if you don’t like it then you can try another big box store.
Didn't he try and force Apple to allow the hotfix since so many people needed it during the pandemic to keep in touch? Not like they can't play Fornite on multiple other things...or just text/call/e-mail/discord etc.
He's a joke
This is fundamentally untrue.
A producer has every ability to ask during contract negotiations what they want. and reject offers that don't meet their requirements.
the idea that manufacturers are at the beholden of retail only is insane. if Walmart tries to undercut something to the point where the manufacturer would lose money, they will and CAN chose to sell elsewhere.
do you actually have experience in business or just like making stuff up?
If that were the case Apple wouldn’t invest significantly to ensure their customers are safe and to pushing tech forward. Their belief has always been the competition doesn’t have to fail for them to succeed, even though their competitors and haters pine for their demise daily.
A consignment retail store; which is basically the retail model that the iOS Store is running.
Can we bring stadium owners into this, it’s a monopoly for them to charge me 10$ for a hot dog
Hey, it costs EPIC exactly 500 vbucks per character so they completely break even on every 8 year old that wants his character to wield a shiny pickaxe.
It doesn't take a PhD in vbuckonomics to understand that Apple is so very clearly in the wrong here. Obviously if you priced your services in vbucks, I'm sure you would agree!
not sure about your stadiums but similar wouldn't apply here for a couple reasons:
1. Stadiums aren't often the ones supplying the concession in most cases. it's 3rd parties who just rent the space. But they don't pay a "per transaction" fee. just their set rent.
2. For stadiums that run their own concessions and do not allow outside ones, this would be a moot argument.
3. MOST large stadiums allow you to bring in outside food/drink especially for medical reasons. they may have some limits on the types (no alcohol) or packaging (nothing that can be thrown on to field/pitch).
But it's not a monopoly as it's not outright banning anything. And in addition, most Arena's/Stadiums are luxury. You can also almost always catch the event outside of the stadium itself, thus not incurring the cost of inside the stadium fees
Listen: making analogies is one thing but literally inventing them and unable to explain why it's an analogy because it's not easily relatable doesn't make your point say what you think it says.
They are in the same court room, so they can hear each other.
So, if I'm not mistaken, I have to subscribe to xbox gold so my kid can play "free" fortnite on that platform. Does anyone know if some of this kicks back to Epic?
Short memory or does not know history
One: Mac software was very hard to find either online or in a retail establishment. And even then the retailer marked it up 50-60%. The iOS App Store made it easy to find new software.
Two: if you did not want to use a retailer, you had to a) setup your own payment system, ) create a distribution system c) market your product to potential users.
Three: if there was a problem (ie refund request), you would have to take time out of your day to take care of it. The iOS store takes care of it as part of the 30%.
eBay became was what it was because it created a place to find stuff and it handled the financial. Amazon is getting HUGE because, for a price, it will handle everything for a small business.
Final point, there are LOTS more Apple/iOS developers now than there ever were pre iOS Store. The iOS Store has made it easy for nearly anyone to go into business for almost no cost. And if the product is a flop that no one buys, the developer is not out any additional cash outside of the Developer Program cost. Compared to ANY other business, this is a fantastic low-cost opportunity.
It doesn’t need to be like Android, there are always ways to have multiple stores like having organization that issues standards (that is none for profit).
How are you paying extra? You are paying no more than what the market will bare. I noticed when Apple reduced their commission to 15% for small developers making less tan $1M that there was not a flood of apps reducing their price by 15%.
Too true. . . .I was working with a client who was excited that her product was going to be sold at Costco. I took a look at the price they were willing to pay her then broke out the costs (it was a baked product). . . . She was losing 10% for every product she sold and Costco was not willing to offer anything different.
In the iOS Store, I can charge whatever I want; Apple does not dictate the price. They will take, though, take a cut of a product that I sold. I don't have to buy shelf space or pay a middle man in advance.
Apple also provides a retail space for me to find things that will work on my iOS device. Back in the Mac, no iPhone days, it was hard to find Mac software. And the options available on my Verizon cellphone were limited and expensive. It is easy to be critical of the iOS Store after it has proven that it worked. There were many that were not so optimistic when it first came out.
Lol almost no stadiums let you watch the game outside of the stadium. Also while I’m not sure how many lease out to outside vendors I doubt it’s many
Ya, that's not true. Fortnite was being distributed through the app store for free. So any costs associated with that are eaten by apple which mean they lose. I don't know many of the details, obviously, but some costs Apple would likely bear are for developer tools, review, distribution, as well as reputational and security risks. It can be argued that Apple is also harmed though reduced opportunity costs of displacing for-profit apps (similar like retail shelf space). Nevermind the headache of dealing with Tim Sweeny.
No there aren't. It's a mathematical impossibility. Each additional master signature that you permit is another attack vector.