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  • Epic isn't planning on making changes to return 'Fortnite' to the App Store

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    Fatman said:
    Epic’s stubbornness, and arrogance will hurt them more than help them. They can easily get by without supporting iOS and Mac - but why? It’s an additional revenue stream with minimal effort to support. And pulling this move before an iPhone super cycle is just idiotic. To also not support fortnite cross platform is now hurting their very own customers - now who’s the bad guy? The Customers that have invested in Fortnite with paid upgrades, etc. should initiate a class action suit against Epic - they spent money with an implied promise for platform support - and now without the ability to play against many others, Epic violated an implied agreement and should at least refund their money! 
    Agreed. Irregardless of whether Epic is right that iOS App Store rules are anticompetitive, it is effectively using its own customers as pawns in this fight to make a point.

    What I find hilarious is that Epic cites reactions by its customers in the legal request for the injunction as evidence that they are suffering irreparable harm: https://cdn2.unrealengine.com/epic-v-apple-8-17-20-768927327.pdf (see Appendix A, starting on p. 46)
    but the customers cited understand perfectly well that it is Epic's own doing: "Did you guys just screw over all your mobile players?" Epic is citing evidence against their own case...
    watto_cobra

  • Supposed 'iPhone 12 Pro Max' screenshots show Camera & LiDAR settings, hint at 120Hz displ...

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    imat said:
    The screenshots seem very "un-Apple". Too many options to activate and deactivate, way too confusing. I honestly hope this isn't the direction Apple chooses for the future. Many of these "options" shouldn't be options at all. 120 Hz? OK, but make it across the board as standard. Why give options buried in the settings menu?

    The same applies for the camera options. Way too many options. Make them "smart" and "standard" and that's about it.

    If someone has a "pro Camera" app of some sorts, that they purchased separately, give them the ability to toggle settings, but not everyone.

    The setup process of a new iPhone will otherwise become EVEN LONGER and cumbersome. With the result people will have to spend 20' checking and unchecking stuff, privacy, alerts, locations, camera settings and the like before even starting to use the iPhone. 

    Aren’t they screenshots of devices used for testing? If that’s the case, the final options visible to consumers may be streamlined.
    elijahgtmaymike1randominternetpersonllamawatto_cobra

  • Apple applauds court for denying Epic Games' request to restore 'Fortnite'

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    chasm said:

    As a matter of contract law, Epic has already lost. Despite the judge’s temporary ruling, Apple is 100 percent within their rights to terminate the Epic Games division, if not the entire corporation’s, developer license. They broke their contract.


    If that is true, what is the basis of the judge’s decision to prevent Apple from banning Epic Games International’s Mac developer account?
    mainyehc

  • Epic Games wanted a special deal for 'Fortnite' on the App Store

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    mistergsf said:
    slurpy said:
    Just read the entire 34 pages. 

    To say they legally decimated Tim Sweeney would be an understatement. Jesus Christ.

    I feel extreme pity for anyone who actually reads the fundamental facts of this case and still takes Epic's side. What a pathetic charade. 
    I just read it.  You are absolutely right!
    Agreed. Apple's argument is pretty convincing. However, this legal discussion is mainly about whether Epic deserves an emergency injunction - which it does not.

    From the case: "Epic’s success does not entitle it to have this Court step in and remedy the harm it knowingly created, nor is there any legal basis for that. If Epic is looking for immediate relief for its customers, it can remove its “hotfix,” continue to comply with the contracts it signed and that apply to everyone else, and go on to pursue its legal challenge in this Court."

    "    The only real issue for Epic is the commission which it does not wish to pay and about which it is free to litigate. Epic does not need to breach its agreements or throw its own customers into this dispute to litigate an antitrust claim."

    The main legal challenge may (or may not) be less straightforward.
    hlee1169aderutterkillroyuraharawatto_cobraFileMakerFellerDetnator

  • Apple to offset costly 5G iPhone components with cheaper battery tech

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    dewme said:
    These are all rumors, but if there is one area in particular where I would be extremely hesitant to apply cost reduction strategies it would be the batteries. The words “cheaper battery technology” should induce 7 levels of panic in Apple’s upper management. Please take Note Apple: the risk of failure may be very low, but the penalty for failure even on a small scale is truly massive. 
    I appreciate the point and the pun.
    dewmewatto_cobra