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This continues to be a complete embarrassment for the United States. We should've regulated Google, and we should've regulated Apple. But our federal government

This continues to be a complete embarrassment for the United States. We should've regulated Google, and we should've regulated Apple. But our federal government is so corrupt that an outside entity is having to do it for us. Epic Games has already stated they'd like to be able to launch an app store on iOS just as they intend to do on Android, so competitors will be lining up if Apple is forced to tear down the walls. And after switching from other platforms, I always found it a bit of a shock when I'd be on an app like Vudu, and find myself unable to buy things, unless I popped over to the website.

libertine 6y ago
Regulating Amazon.com could be a starting point for redemption. Amazon can use your seller data, wipe you out and slaps you with a automatic reply that you have now to deal with stranded inventory they no longer want in their warehouses. Not to mention the classic demanding proof of oficial supplier, just so you do the work for them and tell Amazon who the supplier is, and cut you as a middle man. They don't even abide by their own guidelines regarding product listings.
rahkiin 6y ago
The Epic Games that gives free distribution when you use their other product, UE4? The Epic Games that buys exclusives away from other markets by pushing a boatload of money into some games, money they got from a third product: Fortnite. Sounds they will do great as a phone app distributor.
- ocdtrekkie 6y ago
  Every single avenue is open: Developers can decide whether or not to use Unreal Engine, and still use the Epic Store. Developers can decide whether or not to use the Epic Store, and still release on any other platform. They also let you use any payment provider you want. You can take Unreal games and sell them on Steam. You can take Unreal games and pile Steam's services layer into them. I get that Epic has earned a bunch of butthurt from gamers because they... offered developers money... but this is fundamentally opposite to the behaviors of Apple and Google, where their 30% app tax is compulsory, and use of their services is mandatory.

libertine 6y ago

Regulating Amazon.com could be a starting point for redemption. Amazon can use your seller data, wipe you out and slaps you with a automatic reply that you have now to deal with stranded inventory they no longer want in their warehouses. Not to mention the classic demanding proof of oficial supplier, just so you do the work for them and tell Amazon who the supplier is, and cut you as a middle man. They don't even abide by their own guidelines regarding product listings.

rahkiin 6y ago

The Epic Games that gives free distribution when you use their other product, UE4? The Epic Games that buys exclusives away from other markets by pushing a boatload of money into some games, money they got from a third product: Fortnite. Sounds they will do great as a phone app distributor.

ocdtrekkie 6y ago
Every single avenue is open: Developers can decide whether or not to use Unreal Engine, and still use the Epic Store. Developers can decide whether or not to use the Epic Store, and still release on any other platform. They also let you use any payment provider you want. You can take Unreal games and sell them on Steam. You can take Unreal games and pile Steam's services layer into them. I get that Epic has earned a bunch of butthurt from gamers because they... offered developers money... but this is fundamentally opposite to the behaviors of Apple and Google, where their 30% app tax is compulsory, and use of their services is mandatory.