Epic's Tim Sweeney declares "the long national nightmare of the Apple tax is ended" as appeals court officially denies Apple's emergency motion
Epic's Tim Sweeney declares "the long national nightmare of the Apple tax is ended" as appeals court officially denies Apple's emergency motion
Fantastic, congratulations! A genuine victory for software freedom.
Now let's ban Fortnite's entire business model, because fuck that Skinner-box scam.
Fuck Apple. Fuck Epic too but one thing at a time.
Gotta love when a billionaire complains about something that prevents him from being slightly richer.
Yeah but Apple really is a fuck.
Still fees in the Epic Games Store, Tim?
'You want competing software stores, yet you run a software store. Curious.'
Swing and a miss.
Epic Games store isn't the only way you can download software on Windows, so it's not really a fair comparisons.
A healthy iOS app economy relies on competing app stores.
I’m not really sure how that would work. iOS has always been a closed system with apps needed to go through the store. The one store. And it’s thrived.
Yes you can make the argument about jailbreaking to sideload etc. but realistically it was an os designed to have a single point of entry. I’m all for abandoning fees and more source options but this is not the way to that. Nor does this help completion or open up other avenues for a competing App Store. And let’s be honest, getting into the Apple ecosystem, you should already be aware of its limitations.
It’s does give Tim Sweeney a hardon thinking he’s a winner.
E- seriously, read the article. Follow the news. All this allows for is alternative payment systems to bypass apples fees. The point I made originally is still valid as Epic will still be collecting fees on its own stores. So let’s maybe lead by example? The Epic Games Store may not be you only option on PC. However it handles more “exclusive” distribution deals than any of the other pc stores.