Epic's definitely not a little guy, but compared to Apple, it looks more like a respectable medium-sized company.
I find Apple's revenue numbers and market value truly staggering. Few companies seem to be able to compare.
[1] https://venturebeat.com/2020/06/15/epic-games-shareholders-s...
[2] https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/10/26/what-to-expect-fr...
Of course nobody ‘compares’.
But compared to almost any other iOS developer Epic is a giant.
Yes, Apple sells one of the most successful products in human history... and they also illegally use that power to control the market and extract revenue from thousands of other companies who have no choice but to do business with them.
False: Epic wants to pay less commission themselves, and to be able to take a cut of other developers work.
One big difference between Apple and Epic is that Epic didn’t do any work to create the platform.
As to those smaller developers. Apple just cut the commission for them in half. A lower level than Epic was promising. Apple seems to care about the smaller developers.
Epic is not fighting for anyone but themselves.
Let’s note that more than half of Epic’s profits belong to just one man.
Although, if we're going by how popular the apps are on the store...I could see how Epic would be considered a heavyweight on the App Store.
Epic is fore casting earning something like 5 billion dollars this financial year.
You'll have to try a bit harder to get a bit of sympathy for them than 'they're smaller than apple'.
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5 billion dollars.
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And you want me to care that another company is shaking you down for a couple of million?
Boo hoo. Poor epic. I wonder how they pay the bills.
Oh, I know! They use some that 5 billion dollars they made to do it.
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I think maybe there are some, you know, real people, who will get some tangible benefits from these rate cuts.
If Epic loses out.. or... you know, if they get them too? Really, it makes no difference to them at all. So.. I really. Do. Not. Care.