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We learned in the Epic v. Apple trial that Apple cut sweetheart deals with Netflix and other companies as well. Am I missing how this is different?
by DeIlliad 3y ago
We learned in the Epic v. Apple trial that Apple cut sweetheart deals with Netflix and other companies as well. Am I missing how this is different?
- lijok 3y agoYes. Unlike Google, the deals Apple were making weren’t for the purposes of undermining competing app stores
- amf12 3y agoBut, that's a false premise. Apple doesn't allow competing app stores.
- lijok 3y agoWhich is precisely why Apple couldn’t have been making deals for the purpose of undermining competing app stores.
- Drew_ 3y agoHowever, Apple's deals were for the purpose of undermining competing payment systems.
- scarface_74 3y agoYou mean like Epic cut with console makers for co-marketing dollars or like every company does with large customers? I’ve got news for you - AWS also cut special deals with AWS, Spotify with GCP and OpenAI with Azure. Do you really think large comoanirs get the same deals as the creator of random Indy app maker?
- DeIlliad 3y agoWhat are you even talking about and how is it relevant to what I'm asking? You seem to be leaping to Apple's defense as if you're taking a bullet for them but it isn't really necessary here.
- scarface_74 3y agoI am saying that everyone makes deals with preferred customers and volume sellers. If you think you’re going to get the same pricing when you open an AWS account that Netflix gets you’re naive. There has never been a law that a company has to make the same deals with everyone