Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly revealing

Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by maccard on Sunday May 23, 2021 @07:50AM (#27254358)

Good thing epic aren't suing google at the same time for the exact reason we're discussing right here then isn't it?

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Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by hpaavola on Sunday May 23, 2021 @07:56AM (#27254386)

Epic is free to sue who ever they whish. That means nothing. The argument was that 3rd party app stores would somehow affect apples appstore quality. That's false. If apple would allow installing apps from unknown sources and just give ugly warnings then, thus letting 3rd party appstores on ios, it would have no effect on qpple appstore content.

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Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by cygx on Sunday May 23, 2021 @08:19AM (#27254503)

> The argument was that 3rd party app stores would somehow affect apples appstore quality. That's false.

With Apple in control, the developer faces the choice to play by Apple's rules, or lose out on the money to be made in their walled garden.

With Apple no longer in control, the user now faces the choice to play by the developer's rules, or lose out on the app.

That said, I'm actually not a fan of the walled garden approach, and won't be buying an iPhone in the forseeable future. It's just that I do understand the appeal.

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Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by Sargos on Sunday May 23, 2021 @12:05PM (#27256036)

>With Apple in control, the developer faces the choice to play by Apple's rules, or lose out on the money to be made in their walled garden.

>With Apple no longer in control, the user now faces the choice to play by the developer's rules, or lose out on the app.

Android has proven this is not true. Google has the same policies as Apple and does allow alternative app stores. Turns out the world works in a common sense way and everything turned out fine.

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Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by maccard on Sunday May 23, 2021 @08:26AM (#27254529)

Do you think the existence of the epic store on wjncows has had an effect on the content of steam?

A really good example right now is riot. They distribute through their own launcher on PC rather than on steam. They have two sizeable games on mobile right now (wild rift and TFT). In a world where these are downloadable from the riot launcher on iOS rather than the app store, it seems likely riot (and other major publishers who do the same on PC) would follow suit? I don't see how having an app store without hearthstone, TFT, fortnite is the same quality as one with.

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Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by hpaavola on Sunday May 23, 2021 @09:23AM (#27254847)

Instead of trying to compare to other totally different products, do the comparison to Android. Has any 3rd party appstore affected play store in any way? No. Start your argument from that fact.

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Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by maccard on Sunday May 23, 2021 @10:22AM (#27255178)

Yes. Fortnite isn't on the play store.

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Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by hpaavola on Sunday May 23, 2021 @11:05AM (#27255462)

And it's not in apple appstore neither, so clearly the reason is not the fact that non-playstore apps can be installed.

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Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by paulmd on Sunday May 23, 2021 @05:43PM (#27258863)

fortnite was in the app store until epic game's account was terminated for terms-of-service violations, so whatever point you're trying to make here isn't correct.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53955183

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Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by hpaavola on Monday May 24, 2021 @12:21AM (#27261060)

The original argument was that 3rd party appstores would somehow affect the main appstore quality. And that argument is bs as Android demonstrates. So, please read the discussion and only comment once you understand the topic.

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