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[Jose92]

 

[Shambala]

Don’t play with fire if you don’t want to get burned lol

 

[kretos]

 

[Ellery]

It is so hard to root for a side when you dislike both of them.

 

[hyperbertha]

I hear apple CEO is gay. Time for Tim to bring the goods may be?

 

[Warnen]

Shit only way to reach the court is via Twitter. Justice system is forked

 

[MrS]

Good on them. Serves Epic right for being cunts and thinking they're above the rules.

 

[Entroyp]

I remember when my former employer sued apple for a flagrant patent infringement (my employer was clearly in the right). It was a bloodbath and they got away without paying a penny. Curious on how is this going to play out for Epic.

 

[LQX]

Play stupid games, win....

 

[WelshBluebird]

I can only assume this is down to the legal action rather than the issues Apple have with Fortnite specifically?

 

[phil_t98]

Dont break the terms and conditions and you wont get kicked off

 

[Ulysses 31]

Epic

 

[Warnen]

I like Apple and epic gives me free games....

but fort nite also sucks

Apple it is!

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[Ulysses 31]

Dont break the terms and conditions and you wont get kicked off

Big companies usually have a vague clause that they can kick you out for any reason nowadays anyway.

 

[Derktron]

It is so hard to root for a side when you dislike both of them.

 

[MasterCornholio]

Unless it's millions of dollars that you're losing.

 

[phil_t98]

Big companies usually have a vague clause that they can kick you out for any reason nowadays anyway.

They wouldnt kick you out if you didn’t do anything to violate terms and conditions, it serves nobody’s interest to kick somebody off for now reason

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

Epic overplayed their hand. They should quit being such petulant crybabies.

Give it a few more days and they'll be whining about how they are trying to unshackle the PC but meanie Microsoft and Google and Apple are picking on meeeeeee.

 

[EviLore]

Bahahahahaha

 

[Newly Vacant]

Two titans facing off. It's going to get interesting.

 

[Phunkydiabetic]

It is so hard to root for a side when you dislike both of them.

Just sit back and enjoy the chaos my friend.

 

[Dr Bass]

Should Apple be able to tell us what we program on Mac and iOS? Should Microsoft be able to tell us what we can do with our windows machines? People defending Apple here baffle me.

 

[LordCBH]

Years ago:
Apple: these are our terms. Sign here.
epic: ok that sounds good to me!

2020:
epic: *breaks terms*
Apple: *delists app, terminates developer account due to breaking terms.”
Epic: “NOT FAIR!!!!”

 

[Eevee86]

Should Apple be able to tell us what we program on Mac and iOS? Should Microsoft be able to tell us what we can do with our windows machines? People defending Apple here baffle me.

I'm guessing plenty of legal documents and agreements were signed before they put their game up on the store. It's not like they didn't know what they were getting into. This whole thing that Epic is doing feels really gross.

 

[Nikana]

Rut Roh. Epic wont be able to bully their way outta this one. You really think Apple cares if you cant get Fortnite on Apple?

 

[Bonfires Down]

Is it still possible to play the game if you already downloaded it? Anyway, I'm sure Epic were prepared for this as part of their plan.

 

[CuNi]

Should Apple be able to tell us what we program on Mac and iOS? Should Microsoft be able to tell us what we can do with our windows machines? People defending Apple here baffle me.

While I am totally on your side when it comes to the "I should be able to develop for whatever I want!"-Argument, Epic kinda had it coming.
They entered a legal contract with Apple to be able to publish their App on their App-Store and then broke said legal contract and then had the guts to sue Apple because of it.

I think the iOS ecosystem should be like android where you don't need accounts to develop for android at all and can always serve your APK for people to manually install.

 

[TheSpecialOne]

Two titans facing off. It's going to get interesting.

I wish people would stop saying this.... It's factually incorrect.

Apple ~1.7 Trillion
Epic ~ 17 Billion

There is only one Titan in this fight and it's not Epic.

 

[The Bloody-Nine]

I love that human pettiness transcends all.

 

[SlimySnake]

Retaliation. lmao.

 

[Dr Bass]

While I am totally on your side when it comes to the "I should be able to develop for whatever I want!"-Argument, Epic kinda had it coming.
They entered a legal contract with Apple to be able to publish their App on their App-Store and then broke said legal contract and then had the guts to sue Apple because of it.

I think the iOS ecosystem should be like android where you don't need accounts to develop for android at all and can always serve your APK for people to manually install.

And this is Epics way of trying to force that very issue. It’s spelled out clearly in the lawsuit.

Both sides are right and wrong. Apple should be able to have whatever rules it wants on its store. And Epic should be able to sell whatever iOS software it wants to directly to the customer.

 

[Goro Majima]

Basically

There are no heroes here.

 

[UnNamed]

I wonder what's the difference between Fornite in app purchase and Netflix in app subscription.
You can download Netflix for free on Ios, then pay Netflix using their app without giving Apple a cent.
But apparently you can't do the same with the Fornite app.

 

[Newly Vacant]

I wish people would stop saying this.... It's factually incorrect.

Apple ~1.7 Trillion
Epic ~ 17 Billion

There is only one Titan in this fight and it's not Epic.

Fine, I guess. Would you prefer David vs. Goliath instead?

 

[mckmas8808]

Don’t play with fire if you don’t want to get burned lol

Apple WILL LOSE this battle. You know that right?

 

[MiguelItUp]

I love all of this so much, lol.

 

[mckmas8808]

Do some of yall realize that this is actual anti-consumerism happening in front of us? Like.....some of you call Sony anti-consumer (it isn't), yet yall rooting for Apple here?

 

[Coulomb_Barrier]

Apple at its core is an evil company

 

[Denton]

Walled gardens fucking suck. Get them Timmy.

 

[Newly Vacant]

Walled gardens fucking suck. Get them Timmy.

Tim Apple, or Tim Epic?

 

[93xfan]

Rut Roh. Epic wont be able to bully their way outta this one. You really think Apple cares if you cant get Fortnite on Apple?

could cause a lot of young gamers to see Apple as the bad guy. If some company limited my access to Mario games as a kid, I’d really dislike that company.

 

[godhandiscen]

Epic being treated like any other indie.

ROLFMAO.

 

[myfriendtim]

Double post

 

[Soulforge]

Epic be like

 

[T-Cake]

If Epic win, doesn't this mean multiple stores on iOS, Android, Xbox, PS and Nintendo devices?

 

[myfriendtim]

could cause a lot of young gamers to see Apple as the bad guy. If some company limited my access to Mario games as a kid, I’d really dislike that company.

Yes, the playbook is clearly from Taylor Swift.

 

[Spukc]

Funny as fuck hahaha

What will epic/tencent do next?
I bet sony is happy with that investment too

 

[Coloress_Kafka]

Well no shit, Epic intentionally breached the developer agreement they signed with Apple.

Don’t be surprised when Apple remotely deletes Fortnite off devices in a few days either, it’s an app tied to a banned developer account.

 

[RoboFu]

Do some of yall realize that this is actual anti-consumerism happening in front of us? Like.....some of you call Sony anti-consumer (it isn't), yet yall rooting for Apple here?

not really. it has to do with having a secure platform. having that payment bypass adds a loophole that a lot of devs will fully exploit to gain information and increase predatory microtransaction hell. It isn't all just about getting a "CUT"
But as someone who has worked on alot of ios apps I can say reguardless of that, IOS is still hell on earth for developers. the ever changing rules is a huge pain in the ass.