Yes this thing is all politics. They knew exactly what was going to happen and had they’re lawyers on standby. But at the end of the day even if Apple is wrong it’s their store and their rules. I can’t sue someone for not letting me in their house lol.

Epic also employed anti-competitive practices to bootstrap their digital storefront, so them suing Apple for being anti-competitive is deliciously ironic even if they are correct.

I absolutely hate that I’m standing up for Apple here but...ya.  They are right here.  Their policies apply to everything and everyone equally, it’s not like they’re singling out Epic. And if they do it FOR Epic, they’ll have to do it for everyone.  And I....also kind of can’t blame them for not wanting to allow just…

I remember when a bunch of black creators sued Epic over their dance moves because Epic stole, renamed, and charged money for their moves. Epic still never paid no one to my knowledge. So everyone feels bad for Epic now because they got kicked out the Apple Store!? Get the F out of here.....Don’t get me wrong I know…

I don’t give a shit about games when they’re compared to actual human suffering under an oppressive government.

Apple for sure is also shitty to the Chinese people but at least they aren’t directly working under its government.

They literally knew all of this when they decided to port their game to iOS. They did not have to make this product. They chose to make a product for a system which had rules of which they were fully aware. You don’t get to do that and then complain that you don’t like the rules.

Came down to the comments to say exactly this. I figured the commercial was just going to be a clever jab until the writing came up at the end and I out-loud said “Oh, go FUCK yourselves.”

The whole 1984 angle and having all of this response prepared in advance really put a sour taste in my mouth. Trying to create this weird public discourse and use your arguably easily-influenced fan base to try and get what you want is...I mean, it’s on brand but it’s really gross. The extremely public and…

I’m not big on Epic but thought it was a positive for them to challenge Apple this way. However the video statement/trailer or whatever the hell that is really soured my opinion on the situation. That they had a lawsuit prepared for the inevitable retaliation from Apple was a prudent step (though I question what legal…

Can’t believe in all this commentary there’s no mention that Epic is an arm of Tencent, thus an arm of the CCP. Which makes it an even shittier situation, particularly in regards to the “Apple is dystopia!” of it all.

I can’t stand apple, everything from their business practices, to their marketing to the pretentiousness of their fan boys drives me up a wall. But I have to admit they are 100% in the right here. If you want to use their eco-system, and run software on their hardware, in their OS, to be sold and distributed by a…

There are so many real problems tho, I wish AOC was more pragmatic. This seems like a big fat waste of time.

I can’t think of anything smaller and non-frivolous than this though.

I really like AOC, and I hope I’m wrong, but I think she’s never going to make much progress unless she turns down the pie in the sky aspirations and starts working in smaller steps.

What? Preventing their agency from being involved in potential liability sounds like exactly what a good agent would do

I gave people the best possible holidays for their budget. I didn’t endorse shitty, irresponsible experiences. I was a good agent.

I used to work for a tourism agency in Japan selling custom built tours and holidays for foreign guests. I flat out refused to sell that experience. If a guest wanted to do it, I sent them the website and left a half day open in their itinerary. I explained that if they want it, they can book directly without…

Your original comment sounds like you’re questioning him porting doom over, something that was obviously just a fun side project for him. I don’t think you’re going to find many people disagreeing with you that the device seems pointless as 150.

You seem fun.