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Apple does compete against and block other apps quite regularly. You can't change your default browser, heck you can't even install a different web rendering en
by bagacrap 5y ago
Apple does compete against and block other apps quite regularly. You can't change your default browser, heck you can't even install a different web rendering engine from the one they provide (which is another way of forcing app distribution to go through the web store since other browser vendors can't push the web forward on iOS).
The crux of the Epic case is that there's no alternative to the app store. If there were an alternative to the app store, Epic would not be subject to Apple's capricious whims or 30% tax. So, yes, Apple is blocking competition with their services on their platform.
- codefreakxff 5y agoI see. So you are expanding the scope from Epic complaining about fees to _everything_. You make good arguments. Just to play devils advocate, PlayStation and XBox are also closed platforms and I think they take a cut. Amazon Fire devices take a cut by making you buy their virtual currency. I don’t know if Apple is doing anything different. And the real issue in my mind is Microsoft had a real monopoly. Epic is free to put their games on millions and millions of other devices. They aren’t locked out of “the market” as a whole