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A comment on Apple Disabling 'Sign in with Apple' for Epic Games on September 11. Parent comment

Re:Apple Disabling 'Sign in with Apple' for Epic Games on Se... by munificent on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @04:16PM (#24425428)
To a sociologist, lawsuits are simply another form of negotiation.
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Re:Apple Disabling 'Sign in with Apple' for Epic Games on Se... by mcv on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @05:20PM (#24426029)
They often are; many get settled out of court.
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Re:Apple Disabling 'Sign in with Apple' for Epic Games on Se... by nafey on Thursday September 10, 2020 @01:22AM (#24429131)
Qualitatively different. Apple's cant risk looking weak here because this issue went to court. Epic could have had an out of court settlement with much better terms.
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Re:Apple Disabling 'Sign in with Apple' for Epic Games on Se... by danesparza on Thursday September 10, 2020 @09:46AM (#24432290)
I didn't say that Epic games was negotiating WELL. :-) I just said "it's a negotiation" that Epic games happens to be losing at the moment.
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