Apple won’t let Fortnite back on iOS until the Epic vs. Apple verdict is final

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8 points·nickthegreek··9 comments

Why should they? The judge ruled that Epic deliberately violated their contract and must pay for it. Epic is clearly a hostile actor who is acting against Apple.

There is no reason for Apple to trust Epic ever again, and no reason for them to do anything except what the law requires.

I'd say that Apple's position is bad for Apple's business. Bit their nose off to spite their face as it were.

How is it bad for their business? It seems like making concessions would be far worse.

Concessions not required - they simply need to adjust to the new reality. It is bad for their business because it is preventing apples users from accessing the banned content, and of course monetarily from any lost sales opportunities that remain for that app on the app store.

The same reason Microsoft changed their business strategy in the late 1990s. If Apple keeps it up, they will be split up.

Keep what up? The court ruled that they don’t have a monopoly, and that Epic was in breach of contract. Apple didn’t do anything wrong except the steering clause.

If anything Apple is better off now than before.

Epic just loves to continue to dig themselves into a larger hole and make it worse for themselves.

Apple doesn't care and they shouldn't care given how Epic is behaving like a sore loser after the result of the trial and they still failed to get back on the App Store. Now it will take them years rather than 90 days.

An Epic failure.

Makes perfect sense. Why would I in any way aid someone who is actively and openly working to subvert me? (What I do and why they are doing it is irrelevant to this simple question.)

ongoing convo here as well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28618332

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