• halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    So if I’m reading this correctly, this is only a change in One UI, which Samsung makes, and only affects their devices… So why is Google being sued other than for headlines?

    Also, it’s still not blocked, just additional warnings educating users about security, or lack thereof with side loading.

    Not really on Epic’s side here honestly.

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      3 months ago

      You’re talking about the same Epic that intentionally broke TOS, threw a tantrum when it was correctly kicked off the store, responded with a prepared 80-page lawsuit a day later, lost on all but one count, and is now strutting around pretending it was all for the players while taking their money by the fistful.

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        3 months ago

        Apples TOS is complete bullshit and I support anyone that breaks it.

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          3 months ago

          Wow, what a freedom fighter.

          Apple’s (and Google&Co’s) walled garden policies are absolute bullshit and should be outlawed, but in this, Epic is in the wrong. They agreed to a contract, they didn’t like it, so they chose to break it. Besides, saying that you “support something” does fuck all. Go and do something. Call a politician and get the law changed, you rebel.

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            3 months ago

            To be fair, calling a politician will do fuck all to change a law, unless you have a giant bag of money, which Google and apple have.

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            3 months ago

            Besides, saying that you “support something” does fuck all.

            So what? Am I not allowed to express my opinion because of that?

            Also, my politicians have already started to outlaw these practices. There is obviously still much work to be done but it’s happening.

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        3 months ago

        They broke TOS in order to serve the letter. You can’t sue for something that doesn’t affect you. Saying they threw a tantrum is disgraceful

        And they should have won the Apple suit but Apple was deemed to not have a large enough market share to have a monopoly…even if they have a monopoly on Apple products

        It was terrible news for consumers

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        3 months ago

        Eh a lot of TOS bullshit is exactly that. And Apple is very far from perfect, especially with anything that could even think of threatening their walled garden. I assume everything Apple does is bad for the consumer, because 99% of the time that’s accurate.