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helenslunch@feddit.nl 4 weeks agoNone of that means Google wasn’t exploiting anticompetitive measures to ensure everyone has to pay their exorbitant 30% tax in their app store. At least, that’s what the State of California determined when Epic took them to court.
You mean the same fee every store under the sun charges? Epic is the only one that doesn’t, and they pretty much just do it for marketing.
They are not the good guys. They’re Elon Musk before he took the mask off, though it slips through now and then.
You mean the same fee every store under the sun charges?
Yes, that one.
They are not the good guys.
Didn’t say they were.
They’re Elon Musk before he took the mask off
Don’t know what mask you speak of. Timmy has never had one.
The state of California also determined that 30% tax was okay for Apple to charge, so they’re not very objective with their determinations.
One was a jury trial and the other wasn’t. Google had plenty of records of their internal communications but Apple had a different practice. This article by The Verge does a decent job at highlighting the differences.
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I’m pointing out that what the article is showing (Epic opening their own app store) was always an option for them. The court ruling on Google’s app store didn’t enable that. It was always an option. This isn’t true on the Apple side, though. A non-Apple app store on iOS would be a significant change.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 4 weeks ago
I know all of that. I’m not sure why you replied to me though.
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Your comment was:
The article is talking about a new app store. A new app store wasn’t part of “this shit”. Yes, Epic sued and got changes to Google’s app store pricing, but that has nothing to do with this article’s topic. I’m not that invested in this conversation, but you asked why I responded and that’s why. I hope you have a fantastic day!
helenslunch@feddit.nl 4 weeks ago
Read better.