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Re:Court issues permanent injunction in Epic vs. Apple case by thebean11 on Friday September 10, 2021 @01:44PM (#28484882)
> why it’s app developers who were unhappy, not users

IIRC, Epic was offering their in game currency more cheaply outside of the App Store, which Apple didn't like.

I bet plenty of people would use an alternate payment method to save money..right now they don't have that choice.

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Re:Court issues permanent injunction in Epic vs. Apple case by ApolloFortyNine on Friday September 10, 2021 @01:47PM (#28484914)
It was pretty genius from Epic, they knew they'd get banned, but it instantly showed how the consumer is harmed by this behavior (pay more, get less).

Every mobile game with a cash store would instantly give you a discount to go through a different provider.

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Re:Court issues permanent injunction in Epic vs. Apple case by badwolf on Saturday September 11, 2021 @10:07AM (#28492086)
I highly doubt every, or even many mobile game devs who could suddenly switch from IAP to Stripe would pass those savings on to the consumers... Let's be real here.
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Re:Court issues permanent injunction in Epic vs. Apple case by thebean11 on Saturday September 11, 2021 @02:10PM (#28494294)
That’s getting into pretty basic economic theory, costs going down across the board in a very competitive market will generally bring down prices, eventually.
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