Apple Approves Epic Games Store for iPhone and iPad in EU

[insoft.uk]

I think Apple & Epic cross the line on somethings, Apple was justified in banning Epic when they thought they were special and didn’t have to follow the same rules as every other developer tho Apple is trying it on in that stupid rejection claim, I’ve encountered stupid rejections like the name of the game sounds like something related to space it was a space adventure game for **** sakes, so had to change it to something lame to get it approved, then I did an update changing the name back and got it approved straight away 🤣🤦‍♂️

 

[uller6]

Skimming through the comments, I gather that 12% is not profitable for Epic, their interface and infrastructure sucks, and the customer base simply isn't there (which probably explains why Epic has to resort to exclusives to get users in the door).

I really am not sure what Epic's endgame is, when they seem to spend more effort on lawsuits than actually improving their own backend.

The only reason I’ve ever used the epic games store is because piranha games signed an exclusive with Epic for mechwarrior 5 on release. Epic store was so terrible I gave up playing after 2 hours, uninstalled everything, and then waited for the game to come to steam 6 months later. So I bought the game again, to play on a platform that doesn’t suck. Fool me once Epic; never again!

 

[Homme]

"I want other people to have less choice"

Not about less choice it’s about epics zealous history with Apple being on how many sides of the fence with they’re games and sheer dumb luck that has made them where they are

 

[Homme]

what's wrong with this? only because it makes you unhappy? this is good for consumers and competition.

Epic games is the problem. I don’t care about so many app stores it’s epic. Even if it’s the EU it’s epic

Not to mention Tim Sweeney has a big mouth and is celebrating massively as we speak.

 

[Cesar Battistini]

Today is a sad day for freedom.

 

[CapitalIdea]

Apple is probably waiting for the "I told you so" moment but it really doesn't matter. The EU isn't going to roll back their decision unless something truly horrible happens, and even then they'll still point the finger at Apple for not preventing it.

Of course they will. After them complaining that Apple is not immediately giving them something else to subsidize their stagnant economies off of via fines rolling out Apple AI there, it’s clear that anything goes for them.

 

[DevNull0]

Why are so many Americans against consumer protections?

 

[BuffaloTF]

Having choice is always the best choice.

What choice? Are you saying I have the choice of installing Fortnite from the App Store now? A forced choice is not a choice at all. In fact, it’s the exact same situation that existed before, now just more confusing. You weren’t given anything as a user, but some billionaires traded some pocket change (relatively speaking).

 

[JoeDownUnder]

I wonder what Apple's profits are in the EU - are they more or less than the fines the EU imposes. Maybe Apple should stop selling in the EU for a while and see what the EU then does.

I also wonder what the EU will say when one of these imposed app stores puts infected and dangerous apps on iPhones so that many, many people's have many issues and lose lots of money

Like all those people downloading infected and dangerous apps on their MacOS? Relax, everything will be fine.

 

[Pakaku]

Seriously Epic? Eat dirt. No one wants your terrible junk software. Epic games store on windows is absolute trash - why would anyone in their right mind want to download epic games store on iPhone?

Edit: unreal tournament was awesome though.

Correction: you don't want their software

And you know what the easy solution is, right? Choosing not to download it

 

[Apple Fan 2008]

Cries in Project 2025 land.

Look, I hate Project 2025 as much as you do. But let's be honest, it won't happen.

 

[surferfb]

Like all those people downloading infected and dangerous apps on their MacOS? Relax, everything will be fine.

You realize that iOS is a bigger target by orders of magnitude, right? And that it was designed to be more secure after lessons learned from OS X, right? But sure, it’s the exact same thing.

 

[jhende7]

Apple should just get its act together and spend some of those trillions on acquiring the devs that are going to churn out the next AAA hit and make it an App Store exclusive.

Beat the competition by offering the best, most viral games, not by forcing them to pay through their noses just to be on your app store.

Why doesn’t Epic get its act together and acquire a phone manufacturer and churn out the next big smart phone. Beat the competition by offering the best most open phone with all the app stores anybody could ever want instead of forcing another phone manufacturer to open its hardware to third party-app stores that decrease the security of the device.

See what I did there?

 

[tridley68]

No thanks il pass on the Epic trash.

 

[Glideslope]

That was far too easy Apple. I expected at least 5 rejections prior to approval. 😩

 

[haruhiko]

Ideal: Everyone can now freely download legitimate useful softwares into their iPhones and iPads, anywhere, anytime, without the need to go through the App Store. 🥰

Reality: Wow this app from nowhere that enables me to watch p*rn? Thanks EU I’m installing at once 🐶

 

[Abazigal]

Why doesn’t Epic get its act together and acquire a phone manufacturer and churn out the next big smart phone. Beat the competition by offering the best most open phone with all the app stores anybody could ever want instead of forcing another phone manufacturer to open its hardware to third party-app stores that decrease the security of the device.

See what I did there?

Or they could try building their own handheld gaming device. But we all know how that will turn out.

 

[Macaholic868]

Curse the EU for this

Agreed. How dare they require consumers to have a choice. Those rotten communists!

 

[Tomasulu]

Hooray for the eu, I hope this shuts the Apple fanboys up. Having a third party market place will be fine. You’ll see.

 

[danakin]

How expected. Epic has acted like a child for years, it makes sense they'd threaten to run and tell the teacher.


Those that install this crapware deserve everything they get.

Can you point, on the doll, where Epic hurt you?

 

[RalfTheDog]

I wonder what Apple's profits are in the EU - are they more or less than the fines the EU imposes. Maybe Apple should stop selling in the EU for a while and see what the EU then does.

I also wonder what the EU will say when one of these imposed app stores puts infected and dangerous apps on iPhones so that many, many people's have many issues and lose lots of money

By far, most people in Europe use Google phones. Sometimes I think I am the only one in my country that uses IOS.

 

[Pakaku]

Or they could try building their own handheld gaming device. But we all know how that will turn out.

Given how they built their own game store to compete with other stores like Steam, I’m kind of surprised they haven’t tried making one yet

 

[Abazigal]

Agreed. How dare they require consumers to have a choice. Those rotten communists!

Well, they are doing so by essentially violating Apple’s property rights and their actions are somewhat akin to nationalising a US company. So not that far off the mark.

 

[iPhoneFan5349]

Epic has shown itself to be a bad-faith operator when it comes to this stuff. Hard pass. It’s a shame because their R&D side is legit.

Epic is one of the main reasons as to why now Apple has to open up the OS. That’s a big positive to me

 

[Naraxus]

I really wish Apple had a CEO with the balls to tell both Epic and the EU to **** right off. I guess now we can violate contracts all we want to without consequences.....