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I’ll side with Epic when they agree to let me sideload skins in Fortnite. Open your platform, Epic!

by parkingrift 4y ago

spywaregorilla 4y ago
Fortnite skins are a store, not a marketplace. There's a big difference.
- parkingrift 4y ago
  While this is an absolutely true statement that distinction is an active choice by Fortnite to monopolize their platform.
  - jedimastert 4y ago
    Do other people allowed to sell skins on the store? Is side-loading an official feature elsewhere? I feel like if side-loading or community skins aren't actually supported then it's an important distinction
    - parkingrift 4y ago
      Neither side-loading nor community skins are supported, and that is my point. Epic prefers complete monopoly control over their platform.
      - spywaregorilla 4y ago
        It's not a platform, it's a store. The term monopoly does not apply. It's not a clever gotcha, it's just you not understanding the difference.
        parkingrift 4y ago
        Again, Epic is the one who has made that decision. Epic has decided to be the exclusive vendor of skins and emotes for Fortnite. The only reason it’s a store is because… Epic wanted to be the only vendor. Whereas you’re acting like it’s something inherent to the product category. No, it was a decision Epic made.
        spywaregorilla 4y ago
        This is not a noteworthy observation. Opening a marketplace for third party skins is basically entering an entirely new business. You need suddenly to manage obscenity censorship, ip infringement, fraud, aml for vendors, rendering issues with the skins. Epic doesn't want to be in that business. That's fine. We can regulate them like a store. Apple wants to be in that business. Also fine. Let's regulate them like a marketplace.
stale2002 4y ago
The difference, of course, being that Google controls ~50 percent of the smartphone OS markets whereas Epic does not control anywhere close to half of the video game market. Yes, if epic controlled 1 of only two serious video games in the entire world, then yes anti trust law should apply to them. But that is clearly not the case, whereas Google and Apple clearly are much closer to being anti-competitive.

I’ll side with Epic when they agree to let me sideload skins in Fortnite. Open your platform, Epic!

spywaregorilla 4y ago

Fortnite skins are a store, not a marketplace. There's a big difference.

parkingrift 4y ago
While this is an absolutely true statement that distinction is an active choice by Fortnite to monopolize their platform.
- jedimastert 4y ago
  Do other people allowed to sell skins on the store? Is side-loading an official feature elsewhere? I feel like if side-loading or community skins aren't actually supported then it's an important distinction
  - parkingrift 4y ago
    Neither side-loading nor community skins are supported, and that is my point. Epic prefers complete monopoly control over their platform.
    - spywaregorilla 4y ago
      It's not a platform, it's a store. The term monopoly does not apply. It's not a clever gotcha, it's just you not understanding the difference.
      - parkingrift 4y ago
        Again, Epic is the one who has made that decision. Epic has decided to be the exclusive vendor of skins and emotes for Fortnite. The only reason it’s a store is because… Epic wanted to be the only vendor. Whereas you’re acting like it’s something inherent to the product category. No, it was a decision Epic made.
        spywaregorilla 4y ago
        This is not a noteworthy observation. Opening a marketplace for third party skins is basically entering an entirely new business. You need suddenly to manage obscenity censorship, ip infringement, fraud, aml for vendors, rendering issues with the skins. Epic doesn't want to be in that business. That's fine. We can regulate them like a store. Apple wants to be in that business. Also fine. Let's regulate them like a marketplace.

stale2002 4y ago

The difference, of course, being that Google controls ~50 percent of the smartphone OS markets whereas Epic does not control anywhere close to half of the video game market. Yes, if epic controlled 1 of only two serious video games in the entire world, then yes anti trust law should apply to them. But that is clearly not the case, whereas Google and Apple clearly are much closer to being anti-competitive.