Re:Epic’s decision to bypass Apple’s App Store policies was ...
by nothis on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @09:55AM
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I wish I could side with one of the parties in this case but it's too complicated, too fucked up.
Epic would be perfectly happy with a big-boy exemption for Fortnite that the "little devs" (who actually might be hurt by the 30% cut or "walled gardens") would never see. They're half owned by Tencent, which stands for everything wrong with exploitative F2P tactics and China's foot-in-the-door politics. I don't want them to win.
But Apple, of course, is clearly planning to cut off open platform development in favor of a single-store system, slowly creeping into macOS. Worse: Microsoft is learning from them and will clearly attempt to replicate any such system should they be successful, which would end up in something closer to a true monopoly.
It's kinda awful. I wish this wasn't two companies suing each other over creed but an actual investigation by a government agency for exploiting a monopoly position.
Epic would be perfectly happy with a big-boy exemption for Fortnite that the "little devs" (who actually might be hurt by the 30% cut or "walled gardens") would never see. They're half owned by Tencent, which stands for everything wrong with exploitative F2P tactics and China's foot-in-the-door politics. I don't want them to win.
But Apple, of course, is clearly planning to cut off open platform development in favor of a single-store system, slowly creeping into macOS. Worse: Microsoft is learning from them and will clearly attempt to replicate any such system should they be successful, which would end up in something closer to a true monopoly.
It's kinda awful. I wish this wasn't two companies suing each other over creed but an actual investigation by a government agency for exploiting a monopoly position.