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Epic's plan to clean up that confusion is to come up with a system enabling users "to buy software in one place, knowing that they'd have it on all devices and all platforms."

That is what this really about.

One Epic App to rule them all - Sauron 2.0.

Ps. Anybody who knows anything about software knows how off your rocker insane that idea is but that is the dream.  The Epic Iron Dream.  I think even Feric Jaggar would say to dial it back a bit. 

widowsoft said:

So Apple create this platform for us to play games on and Epic feel that Apples investment is not their worry.
In 2029 R&D for Apple was @19billion ;
if Epic had to sell through the high street would they expect shops to make no money from selling games perhaps even expect them to pay for the physical copies.
if i was an Epic shareholder i might demand the removal if its CEO ad they live in the clouds 
not only is he spending money on lawyers he’s loosing revenue 

shareef777 said:

foregoneconclusion said:

shareef777 said: Yep, issue has been about the 30% cut that both app stores are mandating. I get it from both sides. Both stores are ABSOLUTELY entitled to a cut and there's no denying that. What they've accomplished has changed the way we live our lives. However, they've both become such a large economy in and of themselves that they now demand regulation. Far too many developers (both small and large) rely on the the app stores to survive and the fact that it's a duopoly merits the discussion of regulation. I don't agree with Epic of allowing separate app purchases as that would mean that Apple/Google wouldn't get anything in exchange for maintaining their respective platforms. But an almost THIRD of their income is very excessive. And what's even worse is that it's not fair amongst even large companies considering apps like Amazon don't pay ANYTHING outside of the $100 dev fee.

Apple already called the bluff on the cut by lowering it to 15% for anyone making under a million per year with their app (meaning the vast majority of developers on iOS). That should have been enough if the "issue" was really the level of cut. 15% is like a gratuity at a restaurant. 

I think that's a HUGE step in the right direction, but that's not the only issue. There's still the aspect of them removing apps that compete against them, and then the idea that they don't treat all apps/devs equally (why doesn't Amazon pay a fee on all purchases). Why does Hey have to give a cut of their fees, but Slack doesn't? 

Dogperson said:

List all the states so people can contact their representatives. Actually do something about this BS.
Or go on your state gov website and look at pending legislation!

OutdoorAppDeveloper said:

There is still a strong need for a way to expand the SSD. A small slot in the back with the ability to insert and remove a M2 SSD module would do the trick nicely. Bonus points if it can be hot-swapped while the computer is on. SSDs are evolving rapidly in both speed and capacity. For a computer to have a 5 to 8 year life, you will want to upgrade the onboard storage. No external port, be it USB 4 or Thunderbolt, can get anywhere close to the speed of a M2 SSD. Even game consoles allow the SSD to be replaced with performance above 6 GB/s.