Fortnite Now Available to All on iOS via Nvidia's GeForce NOW Streaming Service

[sideshowuniqueuser]

1) Luckily, no. Hate them.

Kids? You hate kids? How long have you been a member or Isis?

2) That's their problem.

Nope, it's Apple's problem, as per all the anti-trust cases popping up all over the world. The house of cards is crumbling.

 

[A MacBook lover]

Hard agree. I HATED streaming services because I only play multiplayer, and having that input lag was annoying.

Trying GFN (3080 tier) on the Mac completely changed my mind (1600p, 120fps, and input latency that is LESS than my native pc). It really is amazing, it's truly feels like your playing natively.

PS. No, don't bother with the $10 tier, the $20 tier is on another level input latency wise

Also would like to add, on the MacBook XDR, games look fantastic that I prefer to play them on streaming vs native. Add that, plus a vivid subscription, and you have amazing bright colors and 120fps gameplay at near 4k

 

[4jasontv]

No, user's don't have any such right. Users aren't privy to contracts between Apple and developers. Not all developers pay Apple a 30% cut. Users don't really care at all whether or how much of a cut Apple gets from developers.

The contract is between the user and Apple, not the developer. A developer is a middle man. The user knows that a one-time IAP will net Apple 30%, and expects them to receive that cut.

Users don't approve of most changes to their software. That's how auto-updates work.

If they turn that on. And even if it's enabled, there still needs to be disclosure.

Given your metrics, you would call it "harming the user" if Microsoft suddenly decided to update the iOS Outlook app to add additional spam filters, or to add Xlookup and Lambda functionality to iOS versions of Excel. Or if Apple themselves added a Sunday Morning Cartoons section to the Apple TV app.

The case could be made that it harms the user, but the big difference is that fraud and stealing isn't a software feature.

Most updates happen without strictly informing users. This isn't new.

Every update on iOS informs the user.

Unapproved by Apple, that is. The only way that their financial information was ever involved was if they set up an account on Epic's store with their financial information. Users who actually prefer to pay through Apple were never under any illusions that they were paying through Apple. Ever.

The option was the issue. There was risk associated because the option was added without the consent of Apple or the owner of the device.

In an actual legal sense (which we are talking about here), that is categorically false.

Actually, it is theft. You could also make a case that it is wire fraud.

 

[mejsric]

Man, I miss the days when it was third party software developers and peripheral manufacturers that made Apple users feel like second-class citizens, instead of Apple themselves.

oh how sad,, those days are gone.. *cry*

 

[mejsric]

Still not done until side loading is a thing and even installing other os on iOS.

is Android phones really that bad? why you guys buy a thing (iPhone) that you can't do what you want to do.

 

[1284814]

You can give that dream up.

Ultimately only time will tell- and of course it’s apples butt that’s on fire not mine. I am just sit there with my popcorn.