Apple provides its own phone hardware and software. Google provides Android to the masses, has its own hardware line, and then there are a bunch of other companies that produce their own hardware / Android-skin.

If this is your takeaway I fear you didn’t really read my commentary. I am not painting Epic as ‘the’ sinister party here. I am merely pointing out that this is not a David vs. Goliath issue.

You’re making a lot of bombastic claims here. Gonna need you to offer some citations for how your wrist has been slapped or Epic has been ‘unnecessarily restricted’, etc, etc.

“Sweet take” is a weird way to phrase “I only skimmed your post, took one element out of the entire context, and want to make a witty reply to get some Internet Cool Points.”

Many people, including myself, have been very vocal about being anti-Apple for a very, very long time.

Yes. Because even though Google also takes 30% and removed Fortnite for the same infraction and is part of the same lawsuit pretty much every article on the subject focuses on how APPLE is a bad guy and APPLE is in trouble and won’t it be great if APPLE gets screwed.

If the fee for in-app purchases was lower than the free for purchasing an app, every developer would just make their app free and then lock the premium aspects behind a paywall.

Let’s keep some things in perspective.

It was also playing on Pluto TV yesterday on their Star Trek channel.

Like, if I buy a book I’d want as much money going to the writer who actually put in the work to write the book as possible.

Tron 3: Maybe this Time, I’ll be Lucky!

What point are you trying to make here? Because the reality is that any company has the right to enforce its own policies like prohibiting the use of cellphones or certain cellphone applications while on company time.

It’s not a binary choice. Root for the rule of law.

I made it 7 minutes in before I had to pause and encourage all my friends to struggle their way through the shit-show. For the most part it was just classic Trump...spew nonsense and half-truths that make for good chyron bit.

I don’t disagree and I think using the engine is a smart plan.

From the footage we saw during Sony’s event I would say the graphic quality is better than the previous Spider-Man game (which was already pretty great)...

I was having a discussion with a friend on Facebook today that sort of overlaps this... we’re seeing seemingly contradictory news related to COVID-19 all the time, like WHO saying that asymptomatic transmission is ‘very rare’ and then another announcement suggesting that it is very common and very dangerous.

Amazon just experienced an issue similar tot his with the Prime version of Gods Own Country. The company that owns the US distribution rights decided that a film with fewer gay sex scenes would earn them more revenue and so they decided to send Amazon an edited version of... a movie made famous for its LGBTQ+…

This season has really illustrated for me how Riverdale has become a caricature of itself. I’m not really sure how skipping ahead 4+ years is going to help with that... the core cast has already committed murder, hidden bodies, faked deaths, solved numerous crimes, had innumerable personal growth journeys, basically…

My only criticism of the dance sequence is that the actual event (not the practice) is just so god-damned visually captivating that I found it very difficult to pay attention to actually making Cloud perform his little boy band routine.