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>In the past, Epic has denigrated Apple’s developer terms, including the Developer Program License Agreement (DPLA), as a prelude to breaking them. >Given that pattern, Apple recently reached out directly to Mr. Sweeney to give him an opportunity to explain why Apple should trust Epic this time and allow Epic Games Sweden AB to become an active developer. Mr. Sweeney’s response to that request was wholly insufficient…
I've spent ~$7000 on Apple products last year. I think it'll be $0 this year and going forward. Tired of this kind of crap. (Not only this, but Apple's behavior with EU, etc.)
Ditched my macbook for a Windows 10 beast machine running linux mint in VMWare Player. Flawless.
I had _zero_ issues ditching apple. Especially since everyone I speak to uses Whatsapp anyways. This "green bubble" thing never affected me.
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Do you also not drive a car in a place where your driving can be twisted into jail time when you hurt people? Why does the concept of personal responsibility for decisions insult you so deeply?
> Do you also not drive a car in a place where your driving can be twisted into jail time when you hurt people? If you believe figurative and actual violence are identical, this analogy makes sense.
> (...) the U.S. judgment expressly provides that "Apple has the contractual right to terminate (...) Yeah good luck with that in an EU court.
PG said that a previous tweet by Tim Sweeney is one of the reasons.. https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1765431238985187525
Isn't Apple providing side loading for customers in Europe now? Sure, Apple is being petty, but I thought this is was what Epic asked for. Can anyone ELI5 this one?
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Do you also not drive a car in a place where your driving can be twisted into jail time when you hurt people? Why does the concept of personal responsibility for decisions insult you so deeply?
> Do you also not drive a car in a place where your driving can be twisted into jail time when you hurt people? If you believe figurative and actual violence are identical, this analogy makes sense.
Again, why does personal responsibility for harm to others bother you?
Even setting aside the dubious morality of Apple's rules on iOS, I feel like I'm going insane watching Apple be maximally aggressive. The EU loves regulating! There's nothing they love more! It seems supremely unwise to give them additional excuses to do something they clearly want to do anyways.
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Apple's last quarter results: $30 billion in net sales from Europe, their second largest market behind the Americas. https://www.apple.com/newsroom/pdfs/fy2024-q1/FY24_Q1_Consol... The idea of leaving Europe is nonsense. Apple is a publicly owned corporation, and Tim Cook would be immediately dismissed for such financial recklessness.
what are their margins? an $18B fine starts to make it seem possible that it would be profitable to not sell there.
I may get rid of my iPhone, this is just horrible continued behavior on Apple’s part. Nothing can be worth the damage this is doing to their reputation