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Apple okays Epic Games marketplace app in Europe

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Re: Apple okays Epic Games marketplace app in Europe

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Post by johnnyanmac »

deutschepost wrote: post #2

Although this is good news, Epic will still have to pay Apples Core Technology Fee. For most developers this will be a deal breaker, because it also applies to free software which most of the time is only supported by donations.

Unity got raked over the coals for this. Real shame Apple more or less got away with it with its ransom bekng to stay inside the walled garden.

Re: Apple okays Epic Games marketplace app in Europe

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Post by martijnarts »

johnnyanmac wrote: post #3
deutschepost wrote: post #2

Although this is good news, Epic will still have to pay Apples Core Technology Fee. For most developers this will be a deal breaker, because it also applies to free software which most of the time is only supported by donations.

Unity got raked over the coals for this. Real shame Apple more or less got away with it with its ransom bekng to stay inside the walled garden.

The fee is being investigated by the EU now, so they may not get away with it entirely.

Re: Apple okays Epic Games marketplace app in Europe

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Post by moooo99 »

johnnyanmac wrote: post #3
deutschepost wrote: post #2

Although this is good news, Epic will still have to pay Apples Core Technology Fee. For most developers this will be a deal breaker, because it also applies to free software which most of the time is only supported by donations.

Unity got raked over the coals for this. Real shame Apple more or less got away with it with its ransom bekng to stay inside the walled garden.

> Real shame Apple more or less got away with it with its ransom bekng to stay inside the walled garden.

Given with how much Apple got away for years, I am not surprised. Either many people don’t have particularly much insight or a severe case of Stockholm syndrome.

What bothers me the most is apples double dipping. You as the consumer basically pay a fee for apples technology. And then they expect the developers to pay the same fee, which will ultimately be paid by the consumer as well. Also ignoring the fact that Apples platform would be completely worthless if it weren’t for the developers building the apps the users want

Re: Apple okays Epic Games marketplace app in Europe

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Post by troupo »

moooo99 wrote: post #7
johnnyanmac wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unity got raked over the coals for this. Real shame Apple more or less got away with it with its ransom bekng to stay inside the walled garden.

> Real shame Apple more or less got away with it with its ransom bekng to stay inside the walled garden. Given with how much Apple got away for years, I am not surprised. Either many people don’t have particularly much insight or a severe case of Stockholm syndrome. What bothers me the most is apples double dipping. You as the consumer basically pay a fee for apples technology. And then they expect the developers to…

That's what infuriates me about this discourse. "Do you want Apple to continue to develop stuff and just provide it to developers for free?".

iPhone sales alone are 3x Apple's entire R&D spend. And developers pay more than fair share of that because they need at least two devices (an iPhone and a Mac) if they want to develop anything, and a yearly fee.

Apple doesn't just double dip. It triple dips, and wants to quadruple and quantuple dip.

Re: Apple okays Epic Games marketplace app in Europe

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Post by Barrin92 »

supermatt wrote: post #5

That third party app stores are subject to review by apple is a problem in itself.

one step at a time. Bureaucracies and regulators move slow but it seems pretty evident that the wind is at least blowing into the correct direction this time. Might take another five years or so but in a lot of regions it seems like the control over devices and software is slowly breaking down. India, Japan, SK all have similar regulation passed or on the way.
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