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Machiavellian on 29 November 2022
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Ryuu96 said:
trunkswd said:

This is after Apple pulled its ads from Twitter. Apple is (was) the biggest payer of ads on Twitter. I was reading something like $50 million. This is just a retaliation move and I see it failing.

This. Apple pulled their ads like dozens of other companies (50 of the top 100 advertisers) and Musk went on a tantrum and started bitching about something else entirely (the 30% cut). Epic was kicked off the app store for trying to create a side store to circumvent Apple's store cut, Epic sued, lost and solidified App Stores right to charge 30%.

Musk will lose because he's a fucking idiot and courts will just refer to the decision in the Epic vs Apple court case.

Basically, Apple has the right to charge 30% on their own store (what Musk is whining about) but do they have the right to block all sideload stores (what Epic wants) and what the EC will likely eventually investigate and what Microsoft wants too. Nobody is mad at Apple's right to charge 30% on their own store but they want the option of allowing a sideload store which circumvents the 30%.

That is a double edge sword for any business that has a closed system.  That would pretty much open up all consoles to side store fronts and probably allow things like GP on Sony systems and PS+ on MS.  Hmm, I wonder who would benefit the most from such a ruling.