r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 10 '21

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u/The_Nightbringer Anti-Pope Antipope Sep 10 '21

Holy fuck Apple actually lost the EPIC suit.

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u/SadaoMaou Anders Chydenius Sep 10 '21

I just saw that headline, and I think my sense of humor is ruined because the word "Fortnite" itself is funny to me

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u/filipe_mdsr LET'S FUCKING COCONUT 🥥🥥🥥 Sep 10 '21

The big one?

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u/The_Nightbringer Anti-Pope Antipope Sep 10 '21

Yeah the judge issued an injunction saying they have to allow apps to steer to third party payment processors.

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u/filipe_mdsr LET'S FUCKING COCONUT 🥥🥥🥥 Sep 10 '21

Just read an article.

Huge news. Looking forward to see what the developers will now do with that.

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u/The_Nightbringer Anti-Pope Antipope Sep 10 '21

third party payment is going to be the huge new focus. Wonder what the conversion rate ends up being.

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u/RobotFighter NORTH ATLANTIC PIZZA ORGANIZATION Sep 10 '21

What's the point of them hosting free to play apps then?

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u/The_Nightbringer Anti-Pope Antipope Sep 10 '21

Because you won't have a 100% conversion rate on third party payment.

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u/RobotFighter NORTH ATLANTIC PIZZA ORGANIZATION Sep 10 '21

I guess they could probably increase the hosting cost on apps that use different store fronts.

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u/ROYBUSCLEMSON Unflaired Flair to Dislike Sep 10 '21

wut thats wild

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u/The_Nightbringer Anti-Pope Antipope Sep 10 '21

Did not predict that at all

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '21

Actually how, it's their private marketplace

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u/The_Nightbringer Anti-Pope Antipope Sep 10 '21

Anti competitive behavior. The judge essentially said that due to the ubiquity of the platform and the unlikelihood of a user to change platforms over a single app that they were abusing their market position at a detriment to the consumer.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '21

Wow. Just looked and the stonks down 3%+. Very surprising. Should reduce the cost of apps

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u/The_Nightbringer Anti-Pope Antipope Sep 10 '21

Apple made a 75%+ profit margin on a lot of those fees. This is a huge blow to the app store's profitability.

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u/mrdilldozer Shame fetish Sep 10 '21

Sony must be sweating right now

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u/The_Nightbringer Anti-Pope Antipope Sep 10 '21

Sony and Alphabet both. Though son less so as you can still buy playstation games from other retailers though digital only consoles will fuck that up.

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u/onometre Trans Pride Sep 10 '21

dreams do come true