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iOS 17.6.1 - can't install via safari. Message: To install the Epic Games Store on your iPhone, update to iOS 17.6 or later.

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I believe the technical term for this is "Oops.".

"Oops, an inadvertent unavoidable accident meant we broke the functionality we didn't want but were forced to add!"

While some people are talking about whether this is a good or bad regulation, the reality is we've moved to another game entirely : whether or not Apple has to follow the law.

No matter what you think about the regulation, it's obvious Apple cannot in any way be allowed to win that one now.

At least in the common charger case it was an industry agreement not a law and they did it when the regulation came, this time it's much more serious.

meh. if it's about shipping broken e2e or reporting vulnerable minorities or the usual, then they would be obliged to break it and/or exit the given market.

yes, I (also) think the EU pro-consumer regulations are good and Apple ought to adhere to them simply because it's the virtuous behavior, but ... they have show time after time that they prefer (virtually amoral) profit maximization.

The problem here is with the Epic Store website and not with Apple

Hey does Epic have a shopping cart yet? Email confirmation when you sign up?

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