Of course, Apple only did it to ensure fairness and "to protect users".
Nothing to do with those sweet 30% extortion fees.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/epic-games-accuses-apple-violating-app-store-injunction-2024-03-13/
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Of course Epic says that, Tim wanted special treatment and got told he wasn't special.
Like, he is on record saying that he would have dropped all his complaints and law suits if given an exception just for his company. That's his words in court in front of a judge. At that point it doesn't matter how evil or monopolistic Apple is, you've admitted you have no principles and are trying to throw your "I'm so powerful you must cater to me" dick around.
Especially as in the same courtroom Epic also admitted that their entire strategy involved drumming up support by leveraging people with talks about philosophy and principles (which, as previously stated, they have none and are lying about) to pressure Apple, and others, to give them special treatment. As in, playing everyone for useful idiots.
Its one thing to want Apple to suffer because they probably deserve to lose regardless. But don't buy into Timmy's openly admitted propaganda while doing so.
The tragedy here is that you have to be a billionaire to fight for your rights and to become a billionaire you have to be a psychopath. If this 30% platform strangulation fee goes down, the world will improve. I don't care how selfish the motivation is, as long as it goes down. I don't care if Tim Epic and Tim Apple literally kill each other.
That's a fine perspective to take.
The point wasn't "Epic worse, they need to lose." Its that you don't need to swallow and parrot something that is admitted propaganda while doing so.
I have to concur with your analysis. I do tend to hate on Apple due to their shitty business practices a little more than on devs (Epic in this case, who btw are also dicks).
And Apple is absolutely deserving of any hate, their business practices need to be attacked to prevent a lot of industries from basically being under their thumb.
The problem is that Epic is not trustable in the slightest, and have openly said they will abandon all fight if given a good enough bribe, so using them to do so is not a good idea.
True, but who/what can we use then? Like with politicians, or any conflict involving the elites, power can only be checked with power.