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I can also go into a mom and pop store, load Target's website on my phone, and order a pick-up order from Target. The Mom and Pop store can't stop you from doin
by trboyden 5y ago
I can also go into a mom and pop store, load Target's website on my phone, and order a pick-up order from Target. The Mom and Pop store can't stop you from doing that.
- nodamage 5y agoYou can also open an iPhone, load any website in Safari, and order whatever you want from the website. Apple can't stop you from doing that either.
- trboyden 5y agoExcept, as we have seen with Epic, and why we are talking about this case, is they can, by dropping your app from the App Store in retribution for offering an alternative. They can do that because there is no other app store on Apple and effectively prevents you from competing.
- slver 5y agoEpic wasn't dropped for offering sales on a site. Inform yourself.
- trboyden 5y agoExcept, they did. Apple started the threats against Epic when Epic started lowering their prices for add-ons on other platforms, which made Apple look greedy. To bolster their anti-competitive case against Apple, Epic turned on the in-app store to which Apple then pulled Fortnite. Epic has to be able to show damages and anti-competitive actions in order to have a case. If they didn't force Apple to pull Fortnite, they wouldn't be able to show damages.
- nodamage 5y agoNo, you are allowed to offer an alternative on your website. Netflix and plenty of other apps do this just fine. If you want to advertise the alternative inside your app, well, that's a bit like Target putting a sign inside that mom-and-pop store saying you can get a better deal at Target.