https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy...eneral-to-support-its-apple-app-store-appeal/
The states have entered the fight
The states have entered the fight
Epic Sues Apple and Google due to Fortnite getting pulled [2020-08-13, 2021-05-03]
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The federal government also filed a brief. Not explicitly supporting either party, but...
http://www.fosspatents.com/2022/01/biden-administration-backs-epic-games.html
http://www.fosspatents.com/2022/01/biden-administration-backs-epic-games.html
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/04/epic-games-drags-bandcamp-into-its-google-antitrust-case/
Bandcamp says it can’t afford Google Play billing, Epic files injunction
Epic bought Bandcamp last month. Now Bandcamp is a weapon against app store owners.
Epic and Google are gearing up for another legal battle. You might recall that Google has an in-app billing crackdown coming to the Play Store soon. The new rules require all apps selling digital goods to use Google Play Billing by March 31, so Google gets a cut of the sales. Any app in non-compliance has been unable to ship updates since March 31, but the real deadline is June 1, when these apps will be removed from the Play Store. Epic Games bought the popular independent music site Bandcamp in March, and it's already taking Google to court over its newest acquisition. Bandcamp isn't in compliance with the billing rules, so it's due for a ban in June. As part of its antitrust case against Google, Epic is filing a motion for a preliminary injunction to block Bandcamp's de-listing from the Play Store.
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Bandcamp says it can’t afford Google Play billing, Epic files injunction
Epic bought Bandcamp last month. Now Bandcamp is a weapon against app store owners.
Epic and Google are gearing up for another legal battle. You might recall that Google has an in-app billing crackdown coming to the Play Store soon. The new rules require all apps selling digital goods to use Google Play Billing by March 31, so Google gets a cut of the sales. Any app in non-compliance has been unable to ship updates since March 31, but the real deadline is June 1, when these apps will be removed from the Play Store. Epic Games bought the popular independent music site Bandcamp in March, and it's already taking Google to court over its newest acquisition. Bandcamp isn't in compliance with the billing rules, so it's due for a ban in June. As part of its antitrust case against Google, Epic is filing a motion for a preliminary injunction to block Bandcamp's de-listing from the Play Store.
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As much as I agree that digital walled garden store cuts are ludicrous, Epic are just taking the piss at this point. Attacking everybody who has a different monetisation scheme that you do is just dickish.
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I was reminded of this thread by recent news.
It's snowballing, the moment Microsoft gave up on mobile Apple lost its only real potential competitor (only a potential competitor, because of the Windows hardware model being retarded but that's for another thread). Google will be kept around on life support (with search contract and granting them the absolute low end of the market) to avoid anti-trust kicking in, much like Intel kept AMD on life support for a long time.
Too many, with money they don't have.
I was reminded of this thread by recent news.
It's snowballing, the moment Microsoft gave up on mobile Apple lost its only real potential competitor (only a potential competitor, because of the Windows hardware model being retarded but that's for another thread). Google will be kept around on life support (with search contract and granting them the absolute low end of the market) to avoid anti-trust kicking in, much like Intel kept AMD on life support for a long time.
Apple would need to capture another 20% of the Dutch smartphone market within 2 or so months in the Netherlands then. Android still leading the charge in The Netherlands smartphone vendor market. Dont see anything snowballing, according to the graph Apple had a 55% market share exactly a year ago there opposed to Samsungs 28% that same year (2021), if anything Apple is dwindling in the country per year basis. Not looking too good going forward with the 500 euro price increase this year for Apple.
Mobile Vendor Market Share Netherlands | Statcounter Global Stats
This graph shows the market share of mobile vendors in Netherlands based on over 5 billion monthly page views.
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we need a huge competition in the app stores....
for example, google got drunk and rejected my app for.... uh...
imagine if for example, amazon app store is huge, and micrsoft store also become huge on android. i can simply switch to amazon, or to microsoft.
if enough people made moves like me, then google will automatically gets pressured to fix themselves.
for example, google got drunk and rejected my app for.... uh...
imagine if for example, amazon app store is huge, and micrsoft store also become huge on android. i can simply switch to amazon, or to microsoft.
if enough people made moves like me, then google will automatically gets pressured to fix themselves.
Fantasy : Haha, look at their non compliant compliance, obeying only the letter is so smart
Reality : Judges aren't amused and will slap them like the child they are.
Apple has some of the weirdest executives in the world. Maliciousness is par for the course ... but they are so childish and stupid about it. They like to imagine themselves an unbeatable bully which can just thumb their nose at major government power. While they are big, they just ain't that big. Apple needs to try to employ more grown ups.
Reality : Judges aren't amused and will slap them like the child they are.
Apple has some of the weirdest executives in the world. Maliciousness is par for the course ... but they are so childish and stupid about it. They like to imagine themselves an unbeatable bully which can just thumb their nose at major government power. While they are big, they just ain't that big. Apple needs to try to employ more grown ups.
He probably just do it for himself (or for Epic Games), but I’d say it doesn’t matter as long as the result is good.
I dont think its childishness. Its just shameless near-sociopathic boundary testing. "its easier to say you are sorry than ask for permission" kind of mind-set. Its not like they dont know it can be contested nor that it can't go unoticed forever, but they think its worth a try. Unfortunately this kind of pettiness is not only common in large corporations, I'd guess not engaging on it is seen as poor business by investors.