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I think Apple was outplayed here, at least for now. Apple uses a single developer account system for both iOS and MacOS. Revoking violating dev accounts is so
by jayd16 6y ago
I think Apple was outplayed here, at least for now. Apple uses a single developer account system for both iOS and MacOS. Revoking violating dev accounts is somewhat understandable but because Epic is a large tool vendor on MacOS as well, disabling that account has massive downstream consequences. Due to the particular implementation I don't think its possible for Apple to revoke only the iOS assets.
By being forced to reinstate the entire account under anticompetitive scrutiny, its a PR loss for Apple. If Epic had separate dev accounts for its MacOS and iOS presence it would have played out differently.
- saurik 6y agoEpic actually does have separate accounts; in fact, they not only had separate accounts, but they have entirely separate corporate entities! Apple decided to cancel every account they could find that was even remotely associated with Epic, which the judge thought might be retaliatory and might be "piercing the corporate veil". Apple argues that Epic is essentially trying to use the moral equivalent of sock puppets to let them avoid consequences.