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It was civil disobedience from the start. They wanted to this to become big. And to be honest, it was not like Apple was trying to compromise. Apple never compr
by kinkrtyavimoodh 6y ago
It was civil disobedience from the start. They wanted to this to become big. And to be honest, it was not like Apple was trying to compromise. Apple never compromises. Their definition of compromise is to not hold a grudge if you choose to accept their rules after all, and to re-instate you. But then they went too far with Unreal.
- Steko 6y agoApple has notably compromised with Netflix and a few others. Epic may well have expected to lose, but they may well have thought that (1) they were big enough - search suggests Fortnite iOS revenue was slightly bigger than Netflix — and, (2) Apple was vulnerable enough after Basecamp and with antitrust, that they could force them to the table with the threat of another, much larger PR shitstorm hanging over their fall launches.