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Epic is fine with the appstore, but it wants to handle it's own in-app payments. You can have an app store with a separate in app payments; Uber does for exampl
by lsiebert 6y ago
Epic is fine with the appstore, but it wants to handle it's own in-app payments. You can have an app store with a separate in app payments; Uber does for example. Epic says as much in it's argument for a preliminary injunction.*
Stadia is actually more of an existential issue than Epic because they want to run unapproved games.
* https://cdn2.unrealengine.com/epic-v-apple-8-17-20-768927327.pdf https://cdn2.unrealengine.com/epic-v-apple-8-17-20-768927327...
- bussierem 6y agoStadia and it's ilk are not running any apps other than video streaming and input capture. The apps and games you play via them are run on a remote server and I/O is streamed between it and your device. If that's running "unapproved apps" then so is twitch when it did Twitch Plays Pokemon.
- scarface74 6y agoYou notice that Epic isn’t insisting on in app payments for any of the consoles, why not? Can I use in app payments within the Epic app that allow me to bypass Epic and get virtual currency even cheaper than Epic? Epic gets to choose how people buy currency on its platform. What’s the difference?
- panpanna 6y agoI think their fee is much lower. Also, there are competing "stores" on PC, including the buy-cd-from-physical-store-and-pay-no-fees option. On iPhone it's apples way or the highway. So while epic are hypocrites, they can be bypassed easily.
- scarface74 6y agoThere are no competing stores within Fortnite’s “platform”.