Apple Reinstates Epic Developer Account After Public Backlash for Retaliation -...

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  Because Apple will destroy Epic's market opportunity if Sweeney isn't being polite.

  But that's totally his fault - not a public company acting like a royal tyrant.

  Ia "be polite when speaking about Apple" in their ToS? It actually wouldn't surprise me.

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    No - because the stunts in Fortnite that led to their ban in the US almost certainly were his explicit direction, thinking asking forgiveness later about violating clear App Store guidelines would work. Declaring that you are not a trustworthy partner then using Xitter to try to litigate it isn’t exactly screaming “Do business with us”

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      This is the one thing I don't like about the DMA: it is "limited" by market cap and the subjective definition of "gatekeeper."

      Make the DMA apply to Epic itself; make it apply to XBox, Sony, and Nintendo; make it apply to Steam; make it apply to every auto manufacturer; make it apply to every PC out there (I should be able to put whatever BIOS I want on it), make it apply to any phone (why am I locked into the phone vendor's firmware?) make it apply to any manufacturer of electronics that "locks" your abilit

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  That was just one of the items on the long list of malicious compliance issues that Apple pulled in relation to DMA.

  I'm interested to see if this pushback extends to others, or if most of malicious compliance items stay in place while PR issues are focused only on Epic issue until Apple's policies are pushed through the court system.

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    Apple has some of the best lawyers money can buy. While the EU is not to be triffled with, neither is Apple. I think that Apple has a clear path for compliance here and they know exactly how to proceed. I suspect Epic is the shortest sighted one here and there are some private notes being passed here... I suspect that the next time Epic makes a derogatory comment about Apple the account will go down again and be down longer. The EU will open an inquirey and Apple will deliver their reasoning in an EU p

    • Re: shows apple that they can't just ban some one

      Your comment makes me wish slashdot had laugh reacts.

      Apple is absolutely trifling compared to the EU. And if they had anything to say about Epic that would be "palletable" (which means able to be shipped on a pallet, try not using words you don't understand next time) they would already have said it. Apple is not IBM. Their lawyers are not to be feared. Envied, perhaps, because Apple leadership keeps doing stupid shit that keeps them employed.

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      What on earth are you going on about? Apple is tiny compared to EU. EU's "inquireys" tend to come in a form of "punitive bureaucracy is looking into you, get ready to be really torn to pieces by bureaucrats who are there to show how tough they are on their target because that's what gets them closer to next step of aristocratic status".

      Courts only come in play in final stages of the thing, and only in limited capacity unless bureaucracy fucks up. Which to be fair is not a rare occurrence any more, mainly du

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  Those armchair lawyers are one or two steps more stupid than Apple is acting here. That is quite an accomplishment.

• Re: Such a surprise

  To the layman perhaps, but to a seasoned lawyer, a masterstroke in forcing the courts and oversight to align on their predicates. This feedback from Brussels will be used in future court cases to close on legal ambiguity.

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    I think you have no idea who this works. The EU has a legal system that is a bit different than the US one. Less corrupt.

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  Do you prefer an unelected quasi-government made up of Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Google, etc.?

  • Re: So, let me get this straight

    You can choose not to buy these. But buying those in Brussels requires more money than you or I have.

    I, for one chose to buy an Apple phone, and before that a blackberry, because I did want a closed and monitored appstore and user privacy. If these went away from Appleâ(TM)s offering, I will look elsewhere for this offering.

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      That's like saying you can choose to be homeless. Having a smart phone becomes more mandatory to participate in society everyday.

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      Doesn't matter if you don't buy them. Point of sale systems run on their tech. That's just one example. You'd have to detach yourself from the entire economy if you want to escape their influence. Are you going to live as a hermit out in the woods or something?

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          That's not at all what I'm talking about, but thanks for trying.

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  Would that be the European Parliament, which is comprised of elected members?
  Would that be the European Commission, the cabinet of which is comprised of ministers elected in their respective countries?
  Would that be the civil servants in the European Commission? If so, why not also vociferously complain about the bureaucracies in the member nations?

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    You mean the elected members that cannot propose legislation, but sit in sessions where they get seconds to approve or reject proposals from the European Commision? Proposals that, if rejected, can be put up for another vote, over and over again, by the Commission with no amendments?

    Members of the European Commission are elected by the Parliament, and have to swear an allegiance to the Union and are forbidden from voting in the interests of their own nation.

    You mean the civil servants that can be neither ap

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  What is the correct tradeoff for government absolution of personal liability and de facto lack of any real consequences for criminal behavior, even in the case of wonton disregard for human life?

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  Care to point out how the EU parliament is unelected? Because the elections are coming up in June, so I don't want to waste my day casting a vote that apparently according to Brett Buck isn't going to count.

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  DUH Yessss