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“They willfully broke our TOS and we don’t trust them not to do it again.”
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Submitted 8 months ago by ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
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paraphrand@lemmy.world 8 months ago
justJanne@startrek.website 8 months ago
Why would they need to comply with Apple’s ToS to publish apps outside of the app store?
paraphrand@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I think Apple still manages third party app stores too. And there will be rules. If this was totally without rules or terms, then it would just mean it’s wide open. It wouldn’t mean there was a new alternative App Store system.
Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 8 months ago
They would, because if they make an App Store, there is an agreement that they have to sign, basically paying Apple a bunch of fees every time anyone downloads soemthing
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 8 months ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Epic, maker of the popular game Fortnite, has spent years fighting Apple’s exclusive control over the distribution of iPhone apps.
The sweeping set of rules, designed to stop big tech companies from cornering digital markets, have forced Apple to allow people in Europe to download iPhone apps from stores not operated by the U.S. tech giant — a move it’s long resisted.
The European Commission, the EU’s top antitrust watchdog, said in a statement Thursday that it has “requested further explanations on this from Apple under the DMA.” The rules threaten penalties that could reach into the billions for violations.
The commission said it’s “also evaluating whether Apple’s actions raise doubts on their compliance” with other EU regulations including the Digital Services Act, a second set of regulations in the bloc’s digital rulebook that prohibit tech companies from ”arbitrary application” of their terms and conditions.
Epic contended that Apple was brazenly violating the DMA by rejecting an alternative iPhone app store that it planned to set up in Sweden to serve European Union users.
It accused Apple of retaliating for scathing critiques posted by CEO Tim Sweeney, who spearheaded a mostly unsuccessful antitrust case against the iPhone App Store in the U.S.
The original article contains 420 words, the summary contains 202 words. Saved 52%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!
ad_on_is@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Karma is a bitch, huh?
EA is also the one behind easyanticheat, refusing to make their games work under Linux, claiming it’s difficult.
gamingonlinux.com/…/tim-sweeney-is-right-about-th…
However, Steam/Valve has made it very easy to ship EAC for Steam games and many games (i.e. Apex Legends) have shown that it just works.
So yeah, excluding Linux users is as shitty as being excluded from Apple.
MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 8 months ago
What was that bit about being a “gatekeeper”?
robotica@lemmy.world 8 months ago
This is very clearly anti competitive behavior and should be dealt with ASAP.
isles@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Let’s hope the EU 10x the last fine Apple got to see if they’ll get the message.
Eggyhead@kbin.run 8 months ago
Next iPhones up another $500.