if Tim Sweeney as is claimed here forced his way back on the USA iOS App Store
Then how did he do it
Because according to some apple had no legal obligation to allow them back on so why did they then?
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Then how did he do it
Because according to some apple had no legal obligation to allow them back on so why did they then?
There is no law that said epic should be allowed on the USA iOS app store
Instead of saying epic bad
Then maybe the question should be why did apple put them back on
People aren't paying $1200.00 for a Coke or Pepsi. And your other two are crap analogies. It's not your gaming console maker that stops Mario Kart from playing on it, nor is it netflix stopping Severance from streaming on its service. It is Apple though that stopped consumers from playing Fortnite on their $1200.00 handsets.
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Because the law the judge determine Apple was in violation of is a state law, not a federal one. Since there isn’t a federal law that applies here, the state courts are presumed the experts on the laws their states have passed. (I’m simplifying it here, but that’s the gist).
Now if a federal court says a state law conflicts with a federal law, or a state law is unconstitutional, then the federal court wins out. But if there isn’t a conflict then the state courts are supposed to have the final say about the laws passed by their states.
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I’m glad Apple finally trusts me enough to choose to download Fortnite. I wonder if Apple will start all developers only on the first annual install model worldwide so that Apple’s bottom line is not affected by the decrease use of inapp purchase commission by developers…
Again, they literally cannot, which is why Coke lost an antitrust case on this twenty years ago.
If you bought a vending machine that you can stock whatever inside, that would be an android vending machine in this analogy.
Coca cola does not sell the machine outright with zero clauses so you cannot put pepsi inside a coacola supplied vending machine. You can only put coke + pepsi in other vending machines.
I read somewhere that the ux redesign we are getting this year was meant to be last year but resources were pulled from that to apple intelligence (which was meant to be this year) as people were asking if apple was going to be too late (especially Wall Street).
Whatever the case as you say, they failed to fix Siri when they had such a head start. Didn’t seem to see how revolutionary ChatGPT was and the flubbed it when they finally woke up.
I think the danger fir Apple is:
- they’ve left it too late
- the senior people and strategy and ways of developing products worked before the advent of Genai in the height of Apple’s dominance. But they won’t work now as Genai is unpredictable- something that Apple hates.
So although there’s lots in this forum who drink the apple kool aid, I think that Apple are already in serious trouble. It’s just not apparent just yet. But it soon will be.
I mean compare what google are working on and how Gemini performs. And then use Siri. The difference is night and day.
you're just proving the lawsuit doesn't make really apply here. which is my argument too. thanks?
Judge is actually pressuring Apple to approve it.
Judge pressures Apple to approve Fortnite or return to court | TechCrunch
A federal judge is asking Apple to approve Fortnite's submission on the U.S. App Store or return to court to explain the legal basis as to why it has not
techcrunch.com
For all we know, it's possible Apple is still deliberating on whether or not to ban Epic. In the meantime, as long as Epic isn't banned, they should be allowing it.
That's how.
What? Judge is pressuring Apple to approve it https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/19/judge-pressures-apple-to-approve-fortnite-or-return-to-court/
Incorrect take. Apple did actually say after the article that they wouldn’t release it in the USA. So Gruber was right.
because there is no legal reason why apple should not put epic back on the USA iOS App Store
That is why consistently the language that has been used is like this if you challenge Apple in any shape of form then they have the ability to wreck your business
There is a reason why this type of language has been used
So that means if apple blocked epic from being back on the USA IOS App Store
Then Apple would have to prove it and how do you prove that is not the reason
Arbitrary distinction.
At what price does the rules suddenly change? You seem to be making up rules along the way.
LOL actually Nintendo has prevented remasters of Goldeneye from being a thing on other consoles https://nintendoeverything.com/nint...oposed-goldeneye-007-remaster-from-nightdive/
Here's a leaked version ON XBOX that was canned because of nintendo blocking it.
Nintendo put a stop to proposed GoldenEye 007 remaster from Nightdive
Nightdive Studios reveals that it was planning a GoldenEye 007 remaster, but Nintendo caused the project to be cancelled.
nintendoeverything.com
"And then Nintendo was like, ‘yeah, no third party’s ever going to touch any Nintendo stuff, ever’.”
Crap analogy, no.
Apple are not going to ban epic again or remove them as it would serve no purpose or benefitJudge is actually pressuring Apple to approve it.
Judge pressures Apple to approve Fortnite or return to court | TechCrunch
A federal judge is asking Apple to approve Fortnite's submission on the U.S. App Store or return to court to explain the legal basis as to why it has nottechcrunch.com
For all we know, it's possible Apple is still deliberating on whether or not to ban Epic. In the meantime, as long as Epic isn't banned, they should be allowing it.
That's how.
wrong. The literally sell coke machines today where you cannot put pepsi drinks inside.
antitrust dealt with reserving shelf space in stores and prevented competiting vending machines from being placed near cokes machines. understand the antritrust case before you use it as an argument.
It’s an App Store that has none apple items on it not an app store with only Apple apps on it
There is a difference
I think you just contradicted yourself about "There is no law that said epic should be allowed on the USA iOS app store" because there's no law that apple should not put epic back. lol
i think you just answered your own question about "Then how did he do it"
Apple literally sells software on the app store. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/final-cut-pro-for-ipad/id1631624924
They don’t have an App Store that sells only Apple apps and nothing else
So it’s not the same as a Coca Cola vending machine
I know how he did it
That is why I’ve been saying that epic will be back on the USA iOS App Store sooner or later
It’s not difficult to see what the strategy was
Lol. in EU and USA.
The rest of the world? Sweeney is going to have to sue apple in every country.
The rest of the world? Sweeney is going to have to sue apple in every country.