[NEWS] Greedy scum at Epic to release Fortnight on iPad and iPhone in EU

Post by Your Name
*EU only.*
All Apple device users should boycott the game to show greedy scum
companies like Epic that we will not be blackmailed!! X-(
Epic Games to Bring Fortnite to iPad
in EU After iPadOS 'Gatekeeper' Decision
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With Apple soon to be required to bring the same EU changes that
it made on the iPhone to the iPad, Epic Games today confirmed
that it will release Fortnite for the ‌iPad‌ in the future.
‌Epic Games‌ is already working to release an ‌iPhone‌ version of
Fortnite in the EU, with the game set to be available from the
forthcoming ‌Epic Games‌ Store, an alternative app marketplace.
The ‌iPhone‌ version of Fortnite is coming "soon," and an ‌iPad‌
version will follow "this year."
The European Commission said this morning that iPadOS, the
operating system designed to run on the ‌iPad‌, is considered a
digital gatekeeper under the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA). As a
result, Apple has six months to comply with the requirements set
by the DMA, and we've already seen those requirements implemented
on ‌iPhone‌.
As of iOS 17.4, ‌iPhone‌ users in the European Union can download
apps from alternative app marketplaces rather than the App Store,
and starting in iOS 17.5, apps are available directly from
developer websites. Right now, only ‌iPhone‌ apps can be downloaded
outside of the ‌App Store‌, but Apple will need to expand this
functionality to the ‌iPad‌ as well.
Within six months, EU users will be able to download ‌iPad‌ apps
from alternative app marketplaces and from websites. As with the ‌
iPhone‌ updates, the upcoming changes are limited to the European
Union, and the ‌iPad‌ app ecosystem will function as is in the rest
of the world.
<https://www.macrumors.com/2024/04/29/fortnite-coming-to-ipad-eu/>

What exactly is the problem that you feel so unhappily irritated about.

badgolferman

2024-04-30 01:52:26 UTC

Post by Wolf Greenblatt
What exactly is the problem that you feel so unhappily irritated about.

He’s resentful that Epic was successful in forcing Apple’s hand.

Hank Rogers

2024-04-30 04:55:38 UTC

Post by Wolf Greenblatt
What exactly is the problem that you feel so unhappily irritated about.

He’s resentful that Epic was successful in forcing Apple’s hand.

Poor apple. Everyone always picks on them.

Your Name

2024-04-30 06:19:45 UTC

Post by Wolf Greenblatt
What exactly is the problem that you feel so unhappily irritated about.

He’s resentful that Epic was successful in forcing Apple’s hand.

Poor apple. Everyone always picks on them.

No, the greedy scum at Epic *wanted* to be on the Apple App Store, but
simply didn't want to pay for the privilege nor stick to the rules,
like everyone else does. Plus, proving even further how petty they are,
Epic stopped having many Mac apps on their own Epic games store in
retribution.

Similarly with the other two or three companies complaining about the
App Store rules.

Your Name

2024-04-30 06:23:58 UTC

Post by Wolf Greenblatt
What exactly is the problem that you feel so unhappily irritated about.

He’s resentful that Epic was successful in forcing Apple’s hand.

Poor apple. Everyone always picks on them.

No, the greedy scum at Epic *wanted* to be on the Apple App Store, but
simply didn't want to pay for the privilege nor stick to the rules,
like everyone else does. Plus, proving even further how petty they are,
Epic stopped having many Mac apps on their own Epic games store in
retribution.
Similarly with the other two or three companies complaining about the
App Store rules.

Then, to add insult to injury, the two-faced greedy scum at Epic made
pretty much the exact same fees and rules for their developers to sell
stuff on their own Epic app store!!

Jörg Lorenz

2024-04-30 06:29:22 UTC

Post by Wolf Greenblatt
What exactly is the problem that you feel so unhappily irritated about.

He’s resentful that Epic was successful in forcing Apple’s hand.

Poor apple. Everyone always picks on them.

No, the greedy scum at Epic *wanted* to be on the Apple App Store, but
simply didn't want to pay for the privilege nor stick to the rules,
like everyone else does. Plus, proving even further how petty they are,
Epic stopped having many Mac apps on their own Epic games store in
retribution.
Similarly with the other two or three companies complaining about the
App Store rules.

You do not understand what really happens. The EU will set the rules and
all companies have to comply. The keyword being fair competition. The US
is not able or having the political will to enforce this principle.

And even above all this:

*European consumers first*!

--
"Alea iacta est." (Julius Caesar)

Alan Browne

2024-05-01 12:20:18 UTC

Post by JÃ¶rg Lorenz

Post by Wolf Greenblatt
What exactly is the problem that you feel so unhappily irritated about.

He’s resentful that Epic was successful in forcing Apple’s hand.

Poor apple. Everyone always picks on them.

No, the greedy scum at Epic *wanted* to be on the Apple App Store, but
simply didn't want to pay for the privilege nor stick to the rules,
like everyone else does. Plus, proving even further how petty they are,
Epic stopped having many Mac apps on their own Epic games store in
retribution.
Similarly with the other two or three companies complaining about the
App Store rules.

Markets first. If companies make bad market decisions, other companies
will take advantage.

Government interference in free trade is always bad (exceptions to
protect national security, the environment, personal safety, etc.).

--
“Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first;
nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.”
- Charles de Gaulle.

Quincy the fifth

2024-05-01 15:21:22 UTC

Post by Alan Browne
Markets first. If companies make bad market decisions, other companies
will take advantage.

The problem is Apple gets caught in lies as big as Trump's lies.
Some of Apple's most expensive lies cost as much as Trump's defamations.

You have to protect the people from the power of Apple's Marketing lies.

Post by Alan Browne
Government interference in free trade is always bad (exceptions to
protect national security, the environment, personal safety, etc.).

You forgot to add monopolies.

badgolferman

2024-04-30 09:49:43 UTC