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minus-square@dev_null@lemmy.mllinkfedilink5•8 months ago Epic has proven itself to not care for the rules and deliberately manipulate public opinion. What relevance does that have? Apple should apply the same rules to everyone, even if they “don’t deserve it”.
minus-squareslazer2aulinkfedilink4•8 months agoBut they are. Epic deliberately broke the rules, and get kicked off the store. They then try to register as Epic Sweden and get denied due to their previous fuckery.
minus-square@KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comMlinkfedilink3•8 months agoNo, they weren’t removed from the dev program when things went down, even when the judge said they could. But years later they decided “no wait, now that you can release your own store y’know what? Let’s nip this in the bud.” They also said part of the decision was because of ongoing litigation, which is a huge secondary problem.
What relevance does that have? Apple should apply the same rules to everyone, even if they “don’t deserve it”.
But they are.
Epic deliberately broke the rules, and get kicked off the store.
They then try to register as Epic Sweden and get denied due to their previous fuckery.
No, they weren’t removed from the dev program when things went down, even when the judge said they could.
But years later they decided “no wait, now that you can release your own store y’know what? Let’s nip this in the bud.”
They also said part of the decision was because of ongoing litigation, which is a huge secondary problem.