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Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by yellowapple on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @01:49PM (#26169956)
> What nobody is talking about is Epic could completely avoid the premium their complaining about by using a website for all transactions.

Epic would also need all paid transactions to originate entirely from said website - i.e. there would be no ability for their own apps to even send users to that website. There have been multiple horror stories about app developers trying this exact approach and Apple turning around with "nope, pay up your 30% cut".

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Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by Retric on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @03:33PM (#26171353)
Yea, you need a login page that’s:

Trying to join _? You can't sign up for _ in the app. We know it's a hassle.

Not:

Trying to join _? click here

But, actually following the acceptable approach and you don’t run into issues.

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