AFAIK they’re blocking the fortnight devs access to apple development tools. Those devs happen to be the same devs (Epic) as the Unreal Devs. Ergo the Unreal devs access is blocked.

I wish I had more than one star to give you.

I don’t see how anyone could see this as Apple being in the wrong?

Exactly. Just because competitors eventually fail doesn’t mean they didn’t provide competition. Many people seem to confuse success with monopoly. Unless that success is maintained by actively suppressing competition (e.g. paying for timed exclusives or buying developers and pulling their games from competing…

Though it should be noted that Android allows you to avoid using their app store entirely and can be emulated for free on just about any electronic, and that both iOS and Android aren’t limited to cell phones.

I’m guessing that’s what will happen. Which I’m fine with, honestly. It will foil Epic’s attempt to ruin another platform with EGS and hopefully mitigate their monopolistic business practices on PC (due to the removed revenue stream on iOS). Realistically, though, Epic will remove the ToS-violating payment system from…

I have a visceral hatred of both parties involved, but to be honest, Epic is clearly in the wrong here. They broke the terms of the service agreement, full stop. This is such a blatant strong-arm attempt and is decidedly illegal and really shouldn’t even go to court, no matter how much money is on the line (and I’m…

Reasons I always go physical if possible.
I don’t have to have access to the internet to play something, yeah it may be an un-updated version.
Can just bring the game over to a friends house instead of lugging around my console.
Can let people borrow them.
When the store for the console inevitably shuts down I still…

I’m very surprised they were still able to pull in that much money, but I’m very glad, too. The past week was definitely missing something without the crowd, and I’m looking forward to the next when they’ll be able to have with attendees and stuff, but for at least as long as they have to do these online, I’m glad…

I actually didn’t have too high hopes for this one. I’d previously tried to watch some of the online-only mini-events, and they were really rough. Constant tech issues, lag between commentators making them talk over each other, a general lethargic vibe.

Reminder to people arguing that you can’t back Epic in this fight even though you don’t like the 30% iOS share, You will never have an ideal champion in this kind of fight.

Thanks billion dollar companies for using us as your bargaining chips to make even more money.. Screw you both.

Isn’t this similar to how people complain about getting banned on Twitter over free speech? Unless there’s specific contract provisions or language loopholes, this seems pretty straightforward.

This is so on the button. I’m an attorney, Epic breached first and then (more or less) is saying the contract was so unfair they were forced to breach.

That almost NEVER goes well for the party that breaches, and trust me when I say that neither Epic nor Apple want the federal anti-monopoly guys sniffing around their…

Epic is going to lose... epically. They are going to get kicked so hard in the nuts, their grandchildren will feel it.

Irrelevant. Restaurant workers are guaranteed a minimum hourly rate by law, regardless of voluntary tips (whether that is livable is up for debate of course).

No it’s not. Streamers even those who can afford questionable practices (which are in the minority, even among those notorious enough to be targeted by those practices) are not equivalent to multi-billion dollar companies trying to save a few thousands in marketing.

Claiming that streamers as a group get “mega ad revenue” suggests you do not know what a kettle is, in this case. Do some research on what an incredibly tough job that is to do at a living wage.

When it comes to the very high end streamers, maybe.  Way more streamers don’t even get $10 a month out of ads and rely on subs/donations to get even close to making streaming profitable, much less livable.  It should also be noted, subbing and donating is NEVER mandatory to watch streams, at least not for ones that…

Not really sure what you mean by “peddling” but most streamers never ask people for donations. They welcome them but never state “hey donate money to me”. Also the streamers that have the big contracts are in the minority. Not every streamer gets million dollar sponsorships. Add to the fact that the people who donate…