It was four years ago this week that Epic Games launched so-called Project Liberty, their attempt to force Apple’s hand on external purchases. Lawsuits, DMA… And now we have third-party marketplaces and Fortnite back in the EU. It’s no longer crazy to imagine we’ll get this worldwide in 2-3 years.
@manton I hope so! I’m looking forward to using actual Firefox on iOS one day instead of Safari in a trenchcoat🤞
@danielinoa The whole stealth in-app purchase system. It was user hostile because it caused the app to be removed from the App Store, which users had been using. They could readily have brought their court case without doing that.
@clonezone Epic payment system had reduced prices by not needing to increase by 42.8% in order to account for the 30% cut Apple most definitely doesn’t deserve. Cheaper prices are pro-consumer.
You seem to be confusing Apple-hostile with user-hostile.
@danielinoa You are conflating the overall thing with an individual stunt. They could have attained their overall goals without removing access from their users.
@clonezone I see what you’re saying. Epic was confident they could force Apple to open up and still bring Fortnite to their users.
It has taken a long time but it’s paying off in the EU at least. I don’t know if any of it would’ve been possible without the stunt.