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Anti-competitive practice to benefit itself? Yes, Apple sure has done this, as has Epic and every business ever. A monopoly though? I mean I guess, as much as
by hellisothers 6y ago
Anti-competitive practice to benefit itself? Yes, Apple sure has done this, as has Epic and every business ever. A monopoly though? I mean I guess, as much as Epic has a monopoly on its App Store.
- DeusExMachina 6y agoI keep reading this analogy, but it does not make sense. Apple is controlling access to customers with iOS devices. There is no alternative. Epic is not. Any competitor can sell to the same people that buy from Epic's store.
- jimmydorry 6y agoNot GP, but this is not exactly correct. Epic has been buying up releases to sell exclusively (just like consoles do in their walled garden monopolies).
- nottorp 6y agoYeah, it's funny how people conveniently forget that and cry for the poor billionaire underdog. And they're warring about the commission on ... in app purchases ... on a predatory free game aimed at teenagers?
- hellisothers 6y agoYes and doesn’t Epic offer self serving discounts on fees I’d you use their own game development platform?
- scarface74 6y agoBut I can’t buy virtual currency somewhere else and use in Fortnite. I still have to go through Epic to buy digital goods on their platform.
- hellisothers 6y agoRight exactly, you’ve narrowly defined a monopoly for your argument as “mobilizing iOS devices”, just like Epic had a monopoly on its App Store. There is a 100% analogous alternative to iOS devices: Android devices.