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A comment on Epic vs. Apple: Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Motion for TRO [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:Epic vs. Apple: Order Granting in Part and Denying in Par... by StavrosK on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @08:15AM (#24270531)
Steam isn't manufacturing computers. This is about Apple the computer manufacturer. It's unfair for them to lock their computers/phones down so people can't install software without Apple's permission.

The App Store is more or less a red herring here (relevant only to the 30% fee being too much).

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Re:Epic vs. Apple: Order Granting in Part and Denying in Par... by OnlyForF1 on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @11:26PM (#24278797)
Is it though? There's no legal precedent that would allow for software vendors to force device manufacturers to allow their software to be run on the manufacturer's hardware. Otherwise we'd see Android on iPhones, legally-mandated Facebook integration on everything, custom car firmware etc.
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