Avoid ✅
Epic can go to hell, whiny little shits.
Yeah, avoid Craple
Fuck the developers, buy via Apple. They deserve 30% cut on the account of being so nice to us.
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Personal attacks are great way to make your point.
Better question is why should someone spend money on the Epic app store over Apple. Because the dev cut is a dev selling point not a consumer one.
And what is the longevity of the store with their other venture with the epic launcher not turning a profit and only being propped up by Fortnite.
Is there reason to have more faith in Epic app support over Apple app support?
I wouldn’t trust Epic with anything after the shit they pulled with Unreal and the EGS. Any company that uses dark patterns to keep people from cancelling services is bullshit, imo. If every company made it as easy to cancel and manage my subscriptions and purchases as Apple, I wouldn’t care but they don’t.
The point would be:
- More relaxed policies on what’s allowed
- Developer support or better prices
- Sticking it to Apple for their anticompeterice practices
I’m fairly certain Epic folding entirely because Fortnite will lose popularity is just wishful thinking. They seem to be aware of this being a fluke and do everything to get in the best possible spot by leveraging this unexpected success.
Those sound more like selling points to devs than consumers.
I haven’t really seen those things when it comes to the epic store on PC. So consider me skeptical with them seeming more like an aspiring Walmart than some altruistic alternative.
I remember Microsoft did similar things when they launched the Windows Phone with no other selling point due to a late entry.
What’s the point of comparing Epic Store on iOS to PC market? It’s going to compete with Apple App Store. For time being there’s not going to be real sideloading on iOS so they’re in good position to capitalize.
Not sure why it would have to be altruistic either, it’s a business that happens to offer something better than what Apple provides because that’s how they plan to make money.
I’m saying those claims you make come across without much merit, and sounds more like Epic talking points that’s not selling me on using Epic on iOS to buy apps.
Even when it comes to side loading it’s more emulation and hope for a Foss store like F-droid showing up on iOS which itself is very niche. Other than Fortnite I’m not really seeing much incentive to spend money over Apple store.
And this is Apple we are talking about. A consumer base that is used to spending more, so if I’m spending money on apps currently Apple gives me more confidence in the purchase with it being the Apple hardware and OS. And why wouldn’t I take into account Epic’s behavior when it comes to the PC?
If you are going to be trying to prop up Epic as some savior with talking points like sticking it to Apple for being anti competitive why wouldn’t I take into account Epic’s anti competitive behavior themselves when it comes to if this is a store I should spend money on or look at alternatives. I’m not just going to throw money at a company just for the sake of it being an alternative if I as a consumer who is spending money doesn’t see a benefit to doing so.
With current Apple rules there won’t be an F-droid-like app store. You seem to have a personal vendetta which affects your judgment, please don’t project.
Sounds like this is in many cases less that what apple is charging.
If you sell more than 1 million, it breaks even at apps that cost $2.75, so if it’s less than $2.75 the developer is making less on the epic store
If you sell less than 1 million copies, it’s 3% less than the App Store, and only works in the EU
All with Epic who’s traditionally not been keen on multiplatform support… it seems like a hard sell to me
Now China can have access to all of your in app purchases, too.
