The question of whether Apple’s App Store was a monopoly was answered in Epic v Apple. It’s not. Apple doesn’t have to allow other app stores or side-loading of apps, which would be remedies for a monopoly in that area. It was only determined that their anti-steering policy violated a state law.
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Apple could also require redirect links to put up a disclaimer.
Epic lost way more than Apple did on this case. Epic has an uphill battle on appeal. To say that both sides “lost” is technically true, but not reporting the specifics and magnitude of the losses is a disservice to the readers as the “whole picture” isn’t clear.
Of the original 10 counts Epic raised against Apple, the…
Dont worry, i think the only thing that will actually happen is that apple will create rules saying that while they can go outside the app to pay, there must be an equivalent ability to charge from inside the app and the prices must be the same. This will remove any reason for someone to leave the app to pay for…
Not sure why you guys keep saying Apple lost. They can still get their 30% legally even if the app uses an outside payment provider. Why do you think apple isn’t appealing??? Come on!
What advantage does a player gain by using an emulator instead of original cabinet hardware? Does the player still need to perform all of the same exact actions that one would need to perform using conventional hardware?
No, what’s ridiculous is claiming a game’s ludonarrative dissonance bothered you so much and made you feel so uncomfortable that you felt you had to stop playing it.
Why? If you think the way a game tells its store (or fails to do so) makes the game less interesting, why is that not a valid reason to stop playing it?
Username certainly doesn’t check out in this case.
Depends on the game. I really really wanted a cyberpunk game so my group decided to try and start Shadowrun. We didn’t even finish making our damn characters. One of my friends had to create a spreadsheet to keep track of stuff. It was just so damn complex. This was their 5th edition I think (the one before this most…
If you don’t wear a seatbelt, it is not just you you affect. Seeing your mangled remains wrecks the mental health of witness, road crews, first responders, and a lot of other folks in and around the various industries who have to deal with car wrecks and keeping roads clear. It wrecks your family, not just mentally,…
A smartphone flashlight is only suitable for situations where the power goes out suddenly and you need to find yourself a PROPER flashlight. A smarphone’s flashlight mode travels only a few feet ahead and will rapidly drain the battery. A dedicated flashlight is vastly superior - even a cheap one you buy for $10 will…
Along those lines, I saw the 2017 Jumanji movie the other night. In it, one of the characters is from 1996 and he keeps hearing the modern day characters talk about needing their phones to do things and he’s like, “does phone mean something different in the future?”
A real flashlight is going to be considerably brighter, have more range, and last much longer than your phone light.
They’re not being allowed back because they breached a contract by violating the terms of service. The court ruling over links to outside payment doesn’t retroactively change that. I’m pretty sure that I’ve pointed out to you before that their store is a private business and that the government can’t force them to…
Yep. Epic’s choice to kick off the legal argument by deliberately violating the developer agreement was very short-sighted. Apple’s entirely within their rights to say they won’t allow a dev that willfully breeched their terms back on the App Store, and so Epic’s cut of iOS Fortnite sales goes from 70% of millions to…
“The reason it’s a win for Epic is that they now have a way to let Epic keep that 30% (or less) of purchases in Fortnite that Apple would have otherwise received.”
I’m sorry, but how is this a win for Epic? Sure Apple can’t force users to use their app store for purchases, but Epic won’t be able to benefit from that because they’re still off the platform.
Not at all. Kotaku fucked up the headline badly. Even Tim Sweeny tweeted that this isn’t a win for them (And that’s in the article and Kotaku still didn’t understand they screwed up the headline).