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verne arase said:

This is why there are no tech companies - outside of Spotify whose behavior is horrendous - in the EU.

The more I read of the EU, the more I agree with the UK about getting out of Fortress Europe.

Yeah, we should all get out of our union fortresses. Let’s just split EU and UK and USA up into individual states. That will be sooo much better …especially for China and Russia that will easily eat us all for breakfast then. Get a brain and screw it in for gods sake. We need to unite, not divide outselves.

Hey Sweeny,
I have a great idea for you. You should open up the Item Shop in Fortnite to a 3rd-party market. So that external designers and developers can sell their skins, emotes etc in there …through their own payment services, and at no commission fee of course.

Btw, I patented this idea but you can license it for a fee of 30% on your sales. It’s a real bargain, because you wont owe me a cent when you’ve used it for a while.

CheeseFreeze said:

Imagine having to rent your house from only Teo landlords available in the entire world.... How does that situation sound to you? Not great, right?

Well, that’s happening with mobile App Stores.

People are comparing this with retail publishing structures from the 90’s is just silly. And the anti-Epic rhetoric... This is bigger than Epic Games!

I am 100% behind Epic’s initiative here.

Side-loading should be possible, third party stores should be possible. If Apple indeed has the “most advanced OS” in the world they should be able to offer apps running in their own secure container.

Apple doesn’t have to curate or provide support in any way if I download my content elsewhere. They can keep running their stores and market it as a curated platform just fine. I mean, if the App Store is so great, the consumer will use it anyway. I just want to be able to work with an alternative install/download source whenever I want to.

People comparing this to PlayStation doing the same thing... Yeah sure, that’s problematic too, but the mobile space is the most clearly monopolized one due to sheer market size. If Epic would win, no doubt the entire model would change for all platform owners. 

Hey dude, have you heard of web browsers? Safari fulfills all of your requirements above …already today. So wtf are you complaining about?

…or wait, it doesn’t have a popular market place that somebody else built and maintained for you …a market place where your product will be seen by real consumers who are willing to spend real money on it.

johnbear said:

nytesky said:

The reason Epic can make so much money, is that Apple, Google, Microsoft and Sony …

Remember before Apple invented this lucrative AppStore scam, games and software were downloaded and paid directly to the developer. Then Google & Microsoft followed as the service is very lucrative. The gov needs to step in to protect the consumers and developers from these draconian anticompetitive and monopolistic practices. 

On the other hand Epic acted out of desperation and not in a very wise and strategic manner. 

Hear, hear …the consumer’s voice in all this debacle:

I really, really do not want a mobile device with an “open app store” philosophy — not available to me myself, not to other users, developers, or any part of that ecosystem.

Notice, I’m not saying that I don’t want to use such alternative app stores, or that I don’t want to see them. Rather, I don’t want an OS where they are even allowed. I want a device ecosystem with a single trusted app store. It’s my consumer demand, and what I would spend money on.

There are multiple reasons for this, but that’s irrelevant. I want such a device, and it’s not an impossible or even difficult demand because I actually have one already today.

• Now, where on the market will I be able to find me such a smartphone if Apple is forced to open up?
• Who will be able to supply this consumer demand?
• How is that not the ultimate limitation of my consumer choice, since it’s basically reduced from one to zero?

But it actually is an Apple 12 oz Pro Max, so what’s the problem?  …except maybe the price, which might be considered a little high by some consumers