Apple Disabling 'Sign in with Apple' for Epic Games on September 11

Re:Apple Disabling 'Sign in with Apple' for Epic Games on Se... by fsociety on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @02:50PM (#24424367)

I’m not sure how you can compare a closed ecosystem with essential services - phone, email, text, 2FA, emergency warnings, heart monitoring, medicine tracking, banking, etc. - with a closed ecosystem that runs games.

Mobile phones are how many individuals interface with the rest of the world.

Not to mention your case gets worse when there are way less restrictions on releasing games on Xbox/PlayStation/Switch than on iOS.

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Re:Apple Disabling 'Sign in with Apple' for Epic Games on Se... by judge2020 on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @03:16PM (#24424709)

The closed ecosystem with essential services is also a closed ecosystem that runs games. It's also millions or billions of peoples' primary gaming device. iPod Touch exists almost solely to play games on.

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Re:Apple Disabling 'Sign in with Apple' for Epic Games on Se... by asddubs on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @03:29PM (#24424861)

yes, but the comparison doesn't go the other way: a game console isn't a general purpose device, nor as important of a utility for the average person as a modern smartphone is.

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Re:Apple Disabling 'Sign in with Apple' for Epic Games on Se... by manicdee on Thursday September 10, 2020 @12:42AM (#24428966)

The only reason for that is that console makers haven't pushed into those personal utility applications.

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Re:Apple Disabling 'Sign in with Apple' for Epic Games on Se... by pjmlp on Thursday September 10, 2020 @08:46AM (#24431774)

Sure it is, I can run Skype and Web applications on the XBox, alongside plenty of other stuff on the store.

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