Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint

Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by ballenf on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @03:24PM (#26171221)

As a developer I just don’t like the precedent that if I’m too successful at creating a great product that I therefore lose control over the very qualities of my product that made it successful.

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Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by mitchdaily on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @03:35PM (#26171368)

This applies to everything though. If I drill of oil and am 'too successful' and abuse my position the Gov cracks down on me. Same if a telco is 'too successful'

And you are forgetting that 'too successful' in these cases is: literally has billions in profit uses market position in an anti competitive way

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Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by danielheath on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @04:02PM (#26171729)

In return for the benefits of living in a modern society, you pay many prices; one of them is a cap on how much influence you are permitted to hold over others.

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Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by wayneftw on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @04:54PM (#26172319)

Remember when you had to rent a telephone from Ma Bell in order to use the phone service that you paid for? Yeah neither do I because the government broke that shit up like they were supposed to.

I bought this iPhone and I can't even run my own programs on it without asking for Apple's permission. This needs to be outlawed yesterday.

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