Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint

Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by Wowfunhappy on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @11:03AM (#26167896)

You have to pay Apple a minimum of $100 a year to install apps on an iPhone, unless you're okay with the apps being automatically disabled every seven days and never need to install more than three custom apps at a time.

You didn't realize this when you bought Mario Run, because Nintendo paid Apple for you.

And if Nintendo tries to sell you something to recuperate that cost, they have to give Apple 30%.

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Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by ITPaw on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @12:04PM (#26168626)

and? the developer whats to put his apps on the app store, why shouldn't they demand a fee. But that has nothing to do with the customer.

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Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by Wowfunhappy on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @12:59PM (#26169366)

Because you can't distribute apps, or even install them on your own phone, without going through the app store. (At least sans the ridiculous restrictions I described above.)

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Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by ben_w on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @06:06PM (#26173076)

FWIW I don’t consider those particular requirements to be ridiculous.

I do consider to be ridiculous the requirement for me, a British national living in Germany, to keep the US Federal government informed about my use of encryption in all the apps I distribute on the App Store. That’s clearly nonsensical.

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