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Fortnite developer Epic Games wins Australian court battle against Apple and Google (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] dhork@lemmy.world 32 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

It was never about the games. It's about who can be the gatekeeper between the game devs and billions of people on the planet. That gatekeeping gig is a genuine racket: they charge 15% to 30% just for the privilege of distributing an app and hosting a bunch of servers for download. Yeah, there's a lot to that, but is it really worth 30% of the top line? Not even the Credit Card companies, famous for screwing over small merchants, charge that much to process payments.

[–] kalmarin@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It was always about the game. What you just described was just their argument to win in court. All Epic cares about is their own profit margins and control over distribution. That the ruling might be a net positive for others is incidental.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It was always about the game.

All Epic cares about is their own profit margins and control over distribution.

These statements contradict each other. If all Epic cares about is money, the other game doesn't matter as long as it sells.

[–] kalmarin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I fail to see the contradiction. They want their own game on their own platform, where they control everything. It just irks me that they present themselves as champions of justice is all.