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Epic is a company that reserves the right to sell your data for marketing purposes, says so in their privacy policy. Remember that on Android they first tried
by bad_user 6y ago
Epic is a company that reserves the right to sell your data for marketing purposes, says so in their privacy policy.
Remember that on Android they first tried to workaround Google Play's limitations by distributing Fortnite outside the store. They caved later. So this isn't about having no ability to distribute Fortnite, rather it's about them wanting easy distribution without paying the tax that everyone else is paying.
I dislike Apple's walled garden approach very much, but on the other hand it's their app store and this is still capitalism. If you don't like it, as a consumer, buy another brand, and as a developer, avoid developing for Apple. Develop for Android, develop for the open web. Voting with your wallet still works, the problem being, of course, that Apple fans are happy with the current arrangement.
And seriously, I can't side with a company willing to sell people's data for marketing purposes. Sorry.
- nmfisher 6y agoThis is less about Fortnite and more about a mobile Epic Games Store. That being said, caving to Google and putting Fortnite back on the Play Store dramatically undermines their case, because it shows that how important the Play/App Stores are for distribution & eyeballs. Apple and Google can both claim they invested heavily in that ecosystem for the benefit of publishers and users alike. I'm the first to criticize Apple for its attitude towards users and developers, but I'm struggling to see how it falls afoul of the law. It's their walled garden - don't like it? Don't play in it.