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Apple to kill Epic’s accounts on Friday the 28th

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Re: Apple to kill Epic’s accounts on Friday the 28th

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Post by _the_inflator »

jedberg wrote: post #3

It's fascinating to see the replies to the tweets. It appears most people don't care. They just want their game to work. A lesson in how your customers don't care about how your product is made.

I experienced that myself first hand. Players are no activists, only some who make a lot of noise. You simply mustn't instrumentalize them.

As you said: people see that the game does not work anymore. Who is to blame? And what can we do about it? Install another game, because what they see is that other games are available and in the end, this is not about Epic, it is about fun for people.

Re: Apple to kill Epic’s accounts on Friday the 28th

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Post by Bud »

Solstinox wrote: post #13

What the f*ck is going on at Apple?

It's more like, why did Epic decide to file a spurious legal action when their situation with Apple is exactly the same as their situation with Microsoft (for XBox) and with Sony (for PlayStation) and with Google (for Android).

The only difference is that Sony just invested $250M in Epic. I'm sure that minor fact has no relevance here, though. (sarcasm most certainly intended)

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Post by Bud »

ajkjk wrote: post #12
carabiner wrote: post #4

Epic's "trap" seemed terribly tonedeaf. This will not end well for them.

Really? I got the opposite impression. Apple's tonedeafness and developer hostility is finally being challenged by a (comparative) underdog.

Do you think that Google, Microsoft, and Sony are also hostile and tone-deaf, then? One assumes so. All those platforms extract the same kinds of fees from Epic that Apple does.

But mysteriously, Epic only wants to go after Apple.

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Post by HeavenFox »

jedberg wrote: post #3

It's fascinating to see the replies to the tweets. It appears most people don't care. They just want their game to work. A lesson in how your customers don't care about how your product is made.

A cursory scan of the Twitter thread suggests most people who have expressed an opinion are on team Apple, blaming Epic for violating Apple's term of service.

Re: Apple to kill Epic’s accounts on Friday the 28th

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Post by chrisacky »

TylerE wrote: post #8
woofie11 wrote: post #2

This clearly and unambiguously crosses the line into abuse of market power. Apple's actions before? Maybe? Sort of? Apple needed that 30 percent cut to monitor for fraud and quality or something, going above-and-beyond other payment processors. This? This has absolutely no basis in anything. It's simple retaliation designed to kneecap Epic from Apple's dominant control of a market. Apple can refuse to let Epic releas…

Companies shouldn't be allowed to fire customers that blatantly break rules the customer agreed to?

Of course they should. But, market dominance means agreement to such terms are not 'fair'.
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