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They let Valve know in advance I’m sure, it’s a small industry and the polite thing to do with friends.

• dec0dedab0de 8y ago
  Absolutely, especially since they already work together. I don't think there is anything wrong with this, but it made me think, when does it cross the line into collusion or price fixing?
  • org3432 8y ago
    When the prices are the same :) But I don't think they told them the prices, just that they were going to announce a store.
  • josephv 8y ago
    Other articles on hn mention correctly that right now in technology monopolies are the norm and anti-trust is dead (maybe a little dramatization there). The 30% cut from distribution platforms is arbitrary, not based on cost, but rather implicit collusion based on what apple can extract from their flock. I'd say this Epic launcher is a great exception to this and I hope it sticks.