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While that would certainly be true for indie developers, I think it's laughable to suggest a company like Epic would lower their prices in response. They want t
by BluSyn 6y ago
While that would certainly be true for indie developers, I think it's laughable to suggest a company like Epic would lower their prices in response. They want that 30% for themselves. So I would take any claims from Epic that they are doing this purely for the benefit of the consumer as just pure marketing.
Though assuming that is true, there's an argument to be made that some consumers are willing to pay a premium for privacy. Though 30% is probably too high of a premium for most.
- Osiris 6y agoWe can't know that because Apple forbids it. You're just guessing at what would happen. Regardless of whether Epic lowers its prices or not, that doesn't forgive Apple for REQUIRING all developers to use their payment processing service. Also, Epic mentioned that Apple causes customer service issues because Apple is inserted into the payment process and Epic can't directly deal with the customer's payment issue. So pricing is not the ONLY reason for allowing competition.
- La1n 6y ago>laughable to suggest a company like Epic would lower their prices in response. But they did lower their prices in response already
- mirthflat83 6y agoI'm seeing this same exact wording on multiple comments. Are these bots from Epic? Or are people at HN really this obtuse to even realize that OP is talking about Epic's long term goals?
- fomine3 6y agoJust accept the counterargument.