Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint
by echelon on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @03:03PM
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> I can hardly wait to use Amazon App Store to install Amazon ...
This doesn't happen on Android.
> My gaming computer is already filled with like 8 different app stores
This is because game companies want to be middlemen in games distribution. Games have communities, chat, matchmaking, patches, DLC, DRM, sales and pricing engines, analytics, online gaming, and a lot more complexity than your AirBNB or CashApp.
It's also happening with streaming. Once game steaming gains adoption, you'll see it there too.
You're not going to stop this by defending Apple's moat.
Forcing Apple to open up lets small developers get around the Apple tax and draconian and arbitrary review process that hinders their growth. It also lets people control the devices they purchased, and defends software freedoms broadly by discouraging the Apple behavior across the board.
This doesn't happen on Android.
> My gaming computer is already filled with like 8 different app stores
This is because game companies want to be middlemen in games distribution. Games have communities, chat, matchmaking, patches, DLC, DRM, sales and pricing engines, analytics, online gaming, and a lot more complexity than your AirBNB or CashApp.
It's also happening with streaming. Once game steaming gains adoption, you'll see it there too.
You're not going to stop this by defending Apple's moat.
Forcing Apple to open up lets small developers get around the Apple tax and draconian and arbitrary review process that hinders their growth. It also lets people control the devices they purchased, and defends software freedoms broadly by discouraging the Apple behavior across the board.