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Tim Sweeney is still doubling down on #FreeFortnite
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The gaming media applauding this guy for 'sticking up for the small guy' narrative really irritates me in ways I haven't been in some years. And now playing the victim here
Now there's a man with burning conviction and steely determination nestled in his heart. It's a glorious thing to behold.
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Sweeney gonna Sweeney.
Sweeney gonna Sweeney.
Nothing new.
Gaming "Journalism" will always carry water for whoever is buying the most ad space on their site.
And people wonder why high quality journalism is Paywalled.
Honestly, I don't mind him fighting it. I'd love to see the cut lowered. It's barbaric in 2021. It feels like an impossible task, but if they have the cash to burn on attempting it, more power to him.
At this point, there's really no reason not to support Epic Games. It thought Apple was doing something illegal. It took Apple to court over it. It mostly lost. It complied with the court's demands. Now, Apple has refused to do what it said in court that it would do, which is reinstate Epic's developer account and get Fortnite back on the App Store once Epic was following the rules. It's really that simple now.
He's unprofessional with everything - its part of the reason why I don't trust him to lead the way forward with the market. I'm sure the team that work at Epic are excellent at what they do. But the leadership? Oh boy.
Epic are appealing the court case. Why would they honor it if Epic themselves are challenging the results?
Also, a fun fact pointed out in the recent thread is that the judge offered to create a new AppStore account that'd functionally act as escrow while the lawsuit is ongoing.
Apple agreed. Epic didn't.
Edit: I misread your post, but, yeah, the "fun fact" remains.
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Reading their email they didn't just said that they will abide by rules, they said that they will abide by the rules as long as Apple doesn't impose "onerous terms or impediments to a good user experience." That is too broad and too arbitrary term for Apple to accept. So they are waiting until case is closed. And Court said that Apple can do whatever they want because Epic broke the rules.
Because despite the appeal, Epic is entirely in compliance with the court's decision. And that was what Apple told the court Epic needed to do to reinstate its account.
*Disclaimer: Myself and others are not supporting Apple by saying the following:
lol get fucked Tim
lol get fucked Tim
I think the double negative was a mistake and he meant to say that Epic is deservedly losing.
Edit: Oh, sorry, never mind. I misread his post.
This is an incredibly generous read on the proceedings that tilts things way too far in Epic's favor.
Hey, no argument that Epic + Tim don't come off as totally unlikeable in the process. But saying "We've complied with everything that was asked of us by the court, but you have to do that too," doesn't seem particularly unfair even if it's written in an embarrassing way.
I just don't like the idea of someone building a store and then somebody goes in and says I do a shit job but then expects me that I will allow everything they say.
And like I said I HATE Epic acting like the company sticking up for the small guy
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But court decided that Apple is allowed to block Epic. Apple was willing to put Fortnite back if Epic removed their payment method, they didn't do it and sued Apple. Now they are appealing decisions. So apple thinks that it is best thing to do is to wait until case is closed. Epic proved that they can't be trusted.
And Apple are in compliance with the court's decision as well - the judge informed them they were free to take action as they please concerning Epic's account.
It's well within their rights. And given the appeal, any lawyer worth a damn would advise as such.
Epic's e-mail clarifies that it'd require Apple conceding in areas that are "onerous terms or impediments to a good user experience". So, Epic agreed to abide by the rules, except the rules it doesn't like.
In other words, Sweeney is again being disingenuous. Technically, Epic did agree to abide by all rules -- but with caveats.
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why so Epic can just say that it's not good enough and then take them to court just like Google
