Apple removes Fortnite from app store, cant connect to servers. Epic Games Sues.

[vivster]

Ka-pi96 said:

vivster said:

In capitalism things do tend to get worse by default. Maintaining the status quo means things are getting worse. The only things that keep things at least a bit balanced are infrequent interference by the law to reign in monopolistic and immoral behavior. So yeah, if Apple gets a clean win here things will get worse, just like they always do.

Then we have to wait for the next entity to try and take them to court.

That's definitely not true. Things can only get worse by changing. Getting worse IS a change. They can't get worse (or better) unless something changes.

I wouldn't call corporations' ongoing revenue optimizations "change". It's the same they did 100 years ago, it's natural progress. I wouldn't necessarily call it a "change" when Apple switches to 8 year old child laborers from 10 year old child laborers because they're slightly cheaper and last longer. But if you want to go semantics, let's call what corporations do unhindered "passive change" because it happens naturally if we want to or not. And let's call changes in the law "active change" because someone has to actually do something for things to change.

Basically unchecked capitalism will always get worse if no one does anything against it.

Last edited by vivster - on 26 August 2020