Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint

Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by spacedcowboy on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @12:14PM (#26168744)

If EA win their fight, I can't really see them offering their app on the Apple App Store.

So, really what this is about is choice for the big app-manufacturers, including games. It has nothing to do with user choice at all, and the cost is borne by the user (who has a far shittier user-experience than they do now).

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Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by flohofwoe on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @12:22PM (#26168849)

If it makes EA more money, they will absolutely sell their games on other app stores, see Origin vs Steam.

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Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by spacedcowboy on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @12:30PM (#26168947)

But it won't, will it. That's the entire reason they want to do it in the first place - to make more money for themselves.

They want in on the platform, without paying the fees that being on the platform requires.

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Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by stale2002 on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @12:58PM (#26169343)

Sure they will. If apple reduced their fee to something like 5%, I am sure that even most large game developers would use it.

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