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Re:Apple to kill Epic’s accounts on Friday the 28th by pwinnski on Monday August 17, 2020 @04:25PM (#24191607)
I listed three conditions: "[1] violated the policies and then [2] filed a lawsuit and [3] started an extensive PR campaign"

Netflix arguably did the first, but I don't recall them doing either of the other two things.

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Re:Apple to kill Epic’s accounts on Friday the 28th by ProAm on Monday August 17, 2020 @04:52PM (#24191929)
Because they were not kicked from the app store for doing so.
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Re:Apple to kill Epic’s accounts on Friday the 28th by misnome on Monday August 17, 2020 @05:07PM (#24192112)
Come on, I don't think anyone is pretending that this wasn't a deliberate provocation by Epic
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Re:Apple to kill Epic’s accounts on Friday the 28th by arcticbull on Monday August 17, 2020 @05:27PM (#24192368)
I guess so, but so what? Deliberately provoking a potentially illegal act to litigate it is fair game. It doesn't legitimize the move by Apple, nor does it invalidate Epic's claim. If they want to play high-stakes poker, they better have good attorneys, but that's life in the American judicial system.
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Re:Apple to kill Epic’s accounts on Friday the 28th by misnome on Monday August 17, 2020 @07:40PM (#24193597)
But... it does describe the difference between Netflix, which is what the thread is about?
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Re:Apple to kill Epic’s accounts on Friday the 28th by damnyou on Monday August 17, 2020 @06:11PM (#24192822)
Suffering a harm is how one gets standing to sue.
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Re:Apple to kill Epic’s accounts on Friday the 28th by naikrovek on Monday August 17, 2020 @07:15PM (#24193424)
Suffering harm is how one sues and wins, yes. Anyone can sue for anything and quickly lose, but to have any hope of winning, you must be harmed.
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Re:Apple to kill Epic’s accounts on Friday the 28th by burnte on Monday August 17, 2020 @08:27PM (#24193970)
It was an invitation for Apple to screw up. They could have just banned the app. Instead they went full nuclear. Apple stepped in the trap.
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