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Epic did say it was going to be terminated, presumably as part of the overall account termination. They then updated that it would continue to work. https://ww

Epic did say it was going to be terminated, presumably as part of the overall account termination. They then updated that it would continue to work. https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/10/21431396/epic-sign-in-with-apple-will-keep-working-fortnite https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/10/21431396/epic-sign-in-wit... Apple commented they weren’t doing anything to stop Sign In with Apple working, but I have to wonder if there’s a lie of omission in there. Like “We aren’t doing anything deliberate to stop it, but it’s going to stop as a side effect of terminating their developer account.” Either that or Epic was lying outright.

madeofpalk 6y ago
unnamed sources have said that Epic was outright lying https://daringfireball.net/linked/2020/09/29/epic-games-unreliable-narrator https://daringfireball.net/linked/2020/09/29/epic-games-unre... > multiple sources at Apple told me Epic’s claims were simply false. There was never a September 11 deadline for their SIWA support to stop working, and in fact, Apple’s SIWA team performed work to make sure SIWA continued working for Fortnite users despite the fact that Epic Games’s developer account had been revoked.
- wlesieutre 6y ago
  So the other question, is this a standard behavior, or a special circumstance because of Epic's high profile? Or more to the point, if Apple terminates your developer account, do you think Apple's SIWA team will "perform work to make sure SIWA continues working" for your users? If work is actually required, I'm not optimistic.
- dirtae 6y ago
  Except that is false. https://twitter.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1311345253576830978 https://twitter.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/131134525357683097...
- ksec 6y ago
  That is the problem with KOL, spreading wrong information and it spreads as Fact. Gruber was also the one who spread the Safari Javascript is so much faster than its competitor because Apple have custom SoC and they use specialise ARM instruction to speed it up. And now even HN has a high percentage of people who believe in that without even thinking about it. And like I said in the previous thread on HN about misinformation. None of these KOL, and including most media / publication care to fact check or to correct their previous wrong reporting.
girvo 6y ago
Considering the court itself has said Epic has lied about other details, I’d lean towards that.
ksec 6y ago
You were right. And this is not the first time Tim Cook's Apple caught outright lying, or Lie of Omission. And not in any good faith. In both Qualcomm and in IMG's Case. The whole new Tim Cook's PR and Marketing is way worst than Steve's era in my book. Along with their business strategy and behaviour.

madeofpalk 6y ago

unnamed sources have said that Epic was outright lying https://daringfireball.net/linked/2020/09/29/epic-games-unreliable-narrator https://daringfireball.net/linked/2020/09/29/epic-games-unre... > multiple sources at Apple told me Epic’s claims were simply false. There was never a September 11 deadline for their SIWA support to stop working, and in fact, Apple’s SIWA team performed work to make sure SIWA continued working for Fortnite users despite the fact that Epic Games’s developer account had been revoked.

wlesieutre 6y ago
So the other question, is this a standard behavior, or a special circumstance because of Epic's high profile? Or more to the point, if Apple terminates your developer account, do you think Apple's SIWA team will "perform work to make sure SIWA continues working" for your users? If work is actually required, I'm not optimistic.
dirtae 6y ago
Except that is false. https://twitter.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1311345253576830978 https://twitter.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/131134525357683097...
ksec 6y ago
That is the problem with KOL, spreading wrong information and it spreads as Fact. Gruber was also the one who spread the Safari Javascript is so much faster than its competitor because Apple have custom SoC and they use specialise ARM instruction to speed it up. And now even HN has a high percentage of people who believe in that without even thinking about it. And like I said in the previous thread on HN about misinformation. None of these KOL, and including most media / publication care to fact check or to correct their previous wrong reporting.

girvo 6y ago

Considering the court itself has said Epic has lied about other details, I’d lean towards that.

ksec 6y ago

You were right. And this is not the first time Tim Cook's Apple caught outright lying, or Lie of Omission. And not in any good faith. In both Qualcomm and in IMG's Case. The whole new Tim Cook's PR and Marketing is way worst than Steve's era in my book. Along with their business strategy and behaviour.