They did comply that doesn’t mean they can’t appeal. Two different things.Yes they can, but before you have to comply. If there is nothing to comply as a lot of people are saying here,why they would appeal?
They did comply that doesn’t mean they can’t appeal. Two different things.Yes they can, but before you have to comply. If there is nothing to comply as a lot of people are saying here,why they would appeal?
how is Apple not complying with the latest ruling? As a matter of fact, they are, there have been stories on MR about that.Yes they can, but before you have to comply. If there is nothing to comply as a lot of people are saying here,why they would appeal?
not true, the majority of Apple users don't care about this Epic stuff, just being discussed endlessly here on MR and some other tech social places.And even more important, a$$le has distroied forever their status as friend of consumer, a think different brand. Now it is just another company, even worst than Google or Microsoft. And that has no price!
It will...True! It should become illegal...
Does Epic need Apple to review a new binary every Friday? And Epic think Apple should just do this for free?Epic Games needs to release a weekly Fortnite update with new content on Friday, and platforms need to be updated simultaneously.
In fact, most Apple users actually like the restrictions, and are willing to pay more for them. In other words: they're a feature for most consumers!not true, the majority of Apple users don't care about this Epic stuff, just being discussed endlessly here on MR and some other tech social places.
... Sweeney said that he would be "very surprised" if Apple "decided to brave the geopolitical storm of blocking a major app from iOS," ...
In fact, most Apple users actually like the restrictions, and are willing to pay more for them. In other words: they're a feature for most consumers!
I know that's shocking for many on here, but it's the truth. Here is a summary of the comments on a Washington Post article about apps now being able to offer links.
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Well played my friend well played.Well I thought it would take two weeks after all it is fortnight/fortnite![]()
Neither side really comes off particularly well in the whole thing.
At the end of the day Apple is preventing its own customers from playing Fortnite out of pettiness. Personally I don't care because it's not my thing, but if it was I'd be very annoyed with Apple.
Each company has made choices through this story, but it seems clear enough that the conflict amounts to more than pettiness. If we are indeed tabulating pettiness, Epic wins by a considerable factor.
I’d expect the Washington Post comment section to be a better benchmark for “average user” than MacRumors commenters. Although will concede anyone who posts on any comment section is probably more technical than the “average user.”While I certainly don't disagree that there will be a good chunk of users who will have bought an Apple device for exactly the reasons you're describing, I'd be careful to infer from online comments what 'most Apple users' are thinking.
For one I'd expect this to be a pretty self-selecting crowd and if you ran a similar analysis based on comments on this site you'd likely get very similar results. 'Some say that's fantastic, others say it's the end of the world.' It doesn't really tell us anything more.
Fair point.Plus, regular users may say in the abstract that they are sceptical, but may be very happy if they can buy a book in the Kindle app for example.
Ultimately, it is the consumers that lose here.
Either let them back in the store so people can play Fortnite on their device.
Or, open installs from outside the App Store or alternative App Stores.
At the end of the day, it is no different than a mac or Windows or Android laptop or tablet. It is just a computer. Nothing really different, "because phone." The people that defend this would lose their mind if Microsoft announced tomorrow that they will now require all apps come from their store and Windows couldn't run anything else. It is that level of stupid.
Disagree. Apple is in full rights to deny Epic residence on the App Store for violating rules.
If someone really wants to play Fortnite, they have a hand dozen other platforms to choose from. Apple is not preventing anything. Silly perspective.
I don't have the game or any current Apple computer.
So a question.
There is no way to play this game on a current Apple computer other than if Apple allows it on its store? There is no separate client or steam, or something one can download from Epic to just play the game?
I didn't argue whether or not Apple has the right to not let Fortnite back on the store, just that they seemed petty for exercising that right.
I'm pretty sure they have legal and tactical and whatever reasons for it. They still look petty.
With all due respect, I think it's sillier to expect people to spend several hundred £/€/$ to play Fortnite, or a tuning that isn't absolutely business critical. That's exactly the reason why 'just buy something else' often doesn't really work here.