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Re:Apple is holding the Unreal Engine hostage, Epic says in ... by dsign on Sunday August 23, 2020 @02:25PM (#24254045)
While I understand this is an ugly turf war between Epic and Apple, I'm a little confused about certain other app. How is it that Audible (owned by Amazon) let's you "spend credits" that you purchase at Audible.com directly in the iOS App? Are they getting special treatment?
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Re:Apple is holding the Unreal Engine hostage, Epic says in ... by xondono on Sunday August 23, 2020 @02:40PM (#24254191)
It doesn’t. Purchases need to be done through the audible web.

Even the amazon app doesn’t allow buying kindle ebooks directly.

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Re:Apple is holding the Unreal Engine hostage, Epic says in ... by sauwan on Monday August 24, 2020 @08:24AM (#24259903)
Seriously? Why do Apple users tolerate this?
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Re:Apple is holding the Unreal Engine hostage, Epic says in ... by pacetherace on Sunday August 23, 2020 @02:35PM (#24254146)
Apple is not opposed to payment systems that load money from a website into a platform like Spotify or Amazon. They are opposed to payment systems that bypass their Apple payment system from an app.
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Re:Apple is holding the Unreal Engine hostage, Epic says in ... by Hamuko on Sunday August 23, 2020 @02:31PM (#24254098)
Doesn't Amazon have a better deal with Apple than pretty much anyone else?
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