The Epic Games Store Officially Launches on Mobile Devices - IGN
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After months of waiting, Epic has finally released a mobile version of the Epic Games Store, which is now available for Android devices worldwide as well as EU iOS devices.

Honestly I know people here are against Epic, but Google Play is such garbage that I welcome the epic store on Android.

  • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
    217·
    4 months ago

    None of that means Google wasn’t exploiting anticompetitive measures to ensure everyone has to pay their exorbitant 30% tax in their app store. At least, that’s what the State of California determined when Epic took them to court.

    • partial_accumen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      152·
      4 months ago

      I’m pointing out that what the article is showing (Epic opening their own app store) was always an option for them. The court ruling on Google’s app store didn’t enable that. It was always an option. This isn’t true on the Apple side, though. A non-Apple app store on iOS would be a significant change.

        • partial_accumen@lemmy.worldEnglish
          81·
          4 months ago

          Your comment was:

          they’ve taken Apple, Google, and Samsung to the cleaners over this shit.

          The article is talking about a new app store. A new app store wasn’t part of “this shit”. Yes, Epic sued and got changes to Google’s app store pricing, but that has nothing to do with this article’s topic. I’m not that invested in this conversation, but you asked why I responded and that’s why. I hope you have a fantastic day!

          • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
            111·
            4 months ago

            Months after the initial announcement, the prolific game and technology company announced today that the Epic Games Store is now available for iOS and Android devices.

            Read better.

            • partial_accumen@lemmy.worldEnglish
              71·
              4 months ago

              Read better.

              Oh my, this is embarrassing for you. Look at my very first line in my quote:

              "Nothing prevented Epic from opening their own Appstore on Android. "

              So is this where I tell you to “read better”?

              • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
                18·
                4 months ago

                Oh my, this is embarrassing for you. Look at your previous comment:

                The article is talking about a new app store. A new app store wasn’t part of “this shit”.

                It very clearly is. Read better.

                • partial_accumen@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  61·
                  4 months ago

                  My whole thread was specifically about Android. You know what? You’re looking to salvage a victory out of this based upon pedantry. If you’re that bad off that you need that, go ahead and take the win if you can call it that. I hope your circumstances get better in the future.

                  • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
                    27·
                    4 months ago

                    This isn’t your thread, it’s mine. You replied to me. My comment was clearly about Apple (among others). The OP was about Apple. There’s nothing I need to “salvage”. Have a nice day.

            • Nibodhika@lemmy.worldEnglish
              51·
              4 months ago

              The iOS version also has nothing to do with their lawsuit of Apple, they lost that one. It’s due to an unrelated law in the EU, which is why this is only available in the EU.

              • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
                14·
                4 months ago

                There’s absolutely no way it is a coincidence and unrelated. Epic drew attention to it. EU followed through.

                • Nibodhika@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  2·
                  4 months ago

                  The EU has had digital legislations since long before that lawsuit. Or do you think Epic is also responsible for GDPR?.

                  So you think that the European commission saw a lawsuit in a different country and decided “We need that” then rushed to write the entirety of DMA in less than 4 months. If you think DMA and Epic lawsuits are related the most possible order of events is that Epic saw what was going to be passed in the EU and decided to suit Apple and Google to get the same in the USA

    • Nibodhika@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      4 months ago

      The state of California also determined that 30% tax was okay for Apple to charge, so they’re not very objective with their determinations.

      • Rose@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        4 months ago

        One was a jury trial and the other wasn’t. Google had plenty of records of their internal communications but Apple had a different practice. This article by The Verge does a decent job at highlighting the differences.

    • Zorque@lemmy.worldEnglish
      94·
      4 months ago

      You mean the same fee every store under the sun charges? Epic is the only one that doesn’t, and they pretty much just do it for marketing.

      They are not the good guys. They’re Elon Musk before he took the mask off, though it slips through now and then.

      • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
        37·
        4 months ago

        You mean the same fee every store under the sun charges?

        Yes, that one.

        They are not the good guys.

        Didn’t say they were.

        They’re Elon Musk before he took the mask off

        Don’t know what mask you speak of. Timmy has never had one.

            • Zorque@lemmy.worldEnglish
              42·
              4 months ago

              None of that means Google wasn’t exploiting anticompetitive measures to ensure everyone has to pay their exorbitant 30% tax in their app store.

              Something he repeats ad nauseum.

              I find it hard to believe someone so invested in this outcome knows nothing about it.

              • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
                34·
                4 months ago

                Something he repeats ad nauseum.

                Just because he says it doesn’t instantly make it false…It’s absolutely true.

                I find it hard to believe someone so invested in this outcome knows nothing about it.

                I don’t know who or what this sentence is supposed to be referencing. No one doesn’t know anything about this. We all seem to understand what the problem is except you.