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[Draugoth]

Apple has reversed its ban of Epic Games' developer account, following an inquiry from the European Commission. Epic is now "moving forward as planned to launch the Epic Games Store and bring Fortnite back to iOS in Europe."

Update - Apple has told us and committed to the European Commission that they will reinstate our developer account. We are moving forward as planned to launch the Epic Games Store and bring Fortnite back to iOS in Europe.

 

[nial]

Damn, that was fast.

 

[jshackles]

Good. Apple definitely looked like they were acting in bad faith doing this, and I suspect European regulators were ready and willing to rake them over the coals for it.

 

[cyberheater]

Fucking told you.

 

[LectureMaster]

Apple:

 

[Bernoulli]

Eu putting apple back in place again

 

[angrod14]

“Noooooooooooooooo” - Woke Woman Gif.

 

[RoboFu]

Eu putting apple back in place again

Nah they were only flexing on epic to quiet them a bit. It was never going to be permanent.

 

[StereoVsn]

Just to troll them, Apple should “accidentally” ban them again. And then immediately restore as soon as Tim Epic gets back ion twitter.

It may cost them another $2bil but totally worth it!

 

[Jinzo Prime]

The lawyers screaming at the top of their lungs about how bad of an idea that was. Never open yourself up to a lawsuit like that.

 

[Kaleinc]

Basically European Commission is the only thing stopping big shots from running you over like a GTA pedestrian, and only in EU.

 

[demigod]

Bomba, just like their Pc store.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Apple is just pure greed

 

[Mr Moose]

EU to Apple:

 

[Guilty_AI]

Up next: "Apple blocks Epic Games Store on iOS for suspicious activity."

 

[Same ol G]

Can't wait for Apple to find a reason to shut them down again

 

[alphachino]

I'm going to buy some Epic shares.

 

[StereoVsn]

I'm going to buy some Epic shares.

You can just buy some Tencent, Disney and Sony shares. Pretty much the same thing, lol.

 

[Bernoulli]

 

[Goalus]

Why not ban Apple throughout the entire EU? Nothing of value would be lost.

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

Looks like children playing... no, sorry, children are actually more mature than that.

 

[darrylgorn]

Curse the EU and their centrist policies!

 

[DrFigs]

You can just buy some Tencent, Disney and Sony shares. Pretty much the same thing, lol.

there's no way you unironically recommended buying Disney and Tencent shares.

 

[Braag]

Damn EU can't even let mega corporations run rampant and do whatever they want.

 

[StereoVsn]

there's no way you unironically recommended buying Disney and Tencent shares.

Are you aware of share ownership structure for Epic?

Tencent alone owns around 40%, and both Disney and Sony own very significant chunks.

So no, I was serious from the point that if (for some weird reason) absolutely had to invest into Epic as a company, you could invest into Tencent, Disney and Sony instead as they own fairly large chunks of it.

Would I recommend that? I ain’t a financial advisor, but no, I would not, lol.

 

[Robb]

 

[wipeout364]

Seemed really weird to me that Apple tried to pull that petty move. It was only ever going to open them up to more lawsuits and probably bring more EU regulations down on their heads.

 

[DrFigs]

Are you aware of share ownership structure for Epic?

Tencent alone owns around 40%, and both Disney and Sony own very significant chunks.

So no, I was serious from the point that if (for some weird reason) absolutely had to invest into Epic as a company, you could invest into Tencent, Disney and Sony instead as they own fairly large chunks of it.

Would I recommend that? I ain’t a financial advisor, but no, I would not, lol.

Sad thing is I knew what you meant, but felt the need to leave a snarky comment anyway.

 

[VolticArchangel]

Timmy Epic was waiting his entire life to play this card:

Meanwhile Timmy Apple: