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Re:Apple terminates Epic Games developer account, calling it... by _aavaa_ on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @03:50PM (#39621257)
Apple absolutely competes with Epic. Mobile in general and iOS in particular are massive markets, both player base and profit wise, for gaming.

On iOS apple has decreed that they deserve 30% of that action. And is now banning the developer of one of the most popular games (on any platform).

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Re:Apple terminates Epic Games developer account, calling it... by threeseed on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @03:57PM (#39621337)
By that definition every app developer is a competitor.

And Apple is basically a trillion dollar company. Tens of millions in lost revenue from Epic isn’t going to cause them to lose any sleep at night.

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Re:Apple terminates Epic Games developer account, calling it... by _aavaa_ on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @04:25PM (#39621705)
It's not about these tens of million, it's about control over all of the money, and about control of everything on the device more broadly.
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Re:Apple terminates Epic Games developer account, calling it... by troupo on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @04:13PM (#39621545)
> By that definition every app developer is a competitor.

In a sense, yes. The term "sherlocked (by Apple)" exists because Apple routinely releases its own version of various apps

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