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These are billion-dollar companies using the courts to fight over who gets a bigger slice of the pie. They are not your friends or allies.
by coldpie 1y ago
These are billion-dollar companies using the courts to fight over who gets a bigger slice of the pie. They are not your friends or allies.
- jillyboel3 1y agoOf course not, but resulting changes to Apple's policy are still a good thing for everyone else. Anything that forces apple to bully other organizations and people less is a good thing.
- coldpie 1y agoEpic broke the terms they agreed to, filed the lawsuit, launched an advertising and PR campaign to support it, and continue to make whiny complaints after they got what they asked for, but Apple are the bullies here? I'm not convinced.
- jillyboel3 1y agoTerms that were illegal and thus not binding in many jurisdictions. If I were to write: "By replying to this comment you agree to my Terms of Service which require you to paypal me 10k", you would laugh and disregard it. Same thing. Anyway, just look at how apple forced their payment service so they can take a 30% cut of every transaction made by any iPhone user. Then they banned price differences between Apple's own payment service and external, cheaper, ones. This forces companies to raise their prices by 30% everywhere. So we're all paying more to fund apple's greed. This is just one example of many, and you have to look beyond the apple vs epic fight since that is just the most public instance. Apple are the bullies. Apple are involving themselves in business between their customers and companies those users have chosen to use. Apple are the bullies.
- coldpie 1y agoYeah, so like I said, Epic got what they asked for. Why are they still complaining?
- jillyboel3 1y agoRe-read the post we're commenting on please.
- archagon 1y agoI trust Sweeney’s intentions far, far more than I do Cook’s. The man is a bona fide hacker from the trenches and does not hide his true feelings behind a corporate firewall.
- burnerthrow008 1y agoWanna buy a bridge? When was the last time you heard Sweeney admit they target dark patterns at children?
- archagon 1y agoNot that it's an excuse, but industry darling Gabe Newell has engaged in similar dark patterns since well before Fortnite[1]. Yet, for some reason, there's not a lot of "fuck Newell" people out there. To be frank, I think this is an issue people only opportunistically care about. [1]: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonwosborne/2023/05/25/how-loot-boxes-in-childrens-video-games-encourage-gambling/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonwosborne/2023/05/25/how-lo...
- mvdtnz 1y agoSweeney is an ally to anyone who wants to freely distribute software.