alessandro@lemmy.cacake to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 1 year agoApple backs down against ‘Fortnite"-maker Epic Games amid EU investigation threat | CNN Businessedition.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down14
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minus-squarenotfromhere@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down6·edit-21 year agoFTFA: Apple said it reached the decision “following conversations with Epic” in which Epic committed to following Apple’s new EU-focused policies. “Epic Sweden AB has been permitted to re-sign the developer agreement and accepted into the Apple Developer Program,” Apple said in a statement. How is that Apple backing down? Looks like Epic admitted to ducking up and promised to follow the rules, so Apple let them back in.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down5·edit-21 year agoThey didn’t break any rules before, Apple just shut them down because their intention was to create competition which the EU said was allowed
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoThis wasn’t about epic it was apple not going to comply with EU law for DMA, and dumping epic preemptively. Apple was teying to force their store only, but EU says they have to allow outside payment systems. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/08/fortnite-return-iphone-game-store-europe-epic-apple
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How is that Apple backing down? Looks like Epic admitted to ducking up and promised to follow the rules, so Apple let them back in.
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They didn’t break any rules before, Apple just shut them down because their intention was to create competition which the EU said was allowed
This wasn’t about epic it was apple not going to comply with EU law for DMA, and dumping epic preemptively. Apple was teying to force their store only, but EU says they have to allow outside payment systems. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/08/fortnite-return-iphone-game-store-europe-epic-apple