Update - Judge in Apple v. Epic Case Sides With Apple on Fortnite and Unreal Engine https://www.macrumors.com/2020/08/24/apple-epic-court-battle-august-28-removal/ However, Epic is still granted a small win:
Epic has done some partnerships and deals with Samsung and other phone brands. Google also stopped Epic from paying OnePlus to have Fortnite preinstalled on their phones by threatening to remove Fortnite from the Play Store. Makes sense to stick with Apple and Google for now, but if Epic wins, it'll be really interesting…
Well folks as they say in the movies, "It's a wrap!" https://www.wsj.com/articles/epic-games-faces-apple-in-final-day-of-courtroom-battle-over-monopoly-claims-11621869490 Hmm, a judge with a sense of humor?! who would've thunk it,,,no wait! of course LOLS the one and only *Judge Judy* B)
D Day! The biggest antitrust trial involving a technology giant in more than two decades kicked off. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/05/03/apple-vs-epic-live-updates/
Update:Fortnite's Epic Games brings Apple legal fight to Australia Well this was an interesting development, I had overlooked. It now appears Tim Sweeney has chosen to expand litigation in Australia specifically, due too it's strong legal system and regulatory framework, by initiating legal proceedings in the Federal Court…
Well, that's an interesting escalation although not wholly unexpected, to be honest. Fundamentally at it's core, a rapacious tactic and let's be clear here was intentionally deployed too explicitly bully consumer compliance which in this case (pun notwithstanding : P) describes a stark prosaic sense, that Epic is publicly…
https://twitter.com/EpicNewsroom/status/1295430127455596544 Sounds like Apple based Unreal Engine devs wont be able to develop/update games for iOS/Mac.
I hope that Epic and Microsoft and all the others who go against Apple win overwhelmingly and crush Apple. Apple deserves a boot in the face for being obnoxious hypocrites who produce expensive crap.