@alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish • 3 days agoEpic CEO Tim Sweeney takes yet another victory lap after Apple's latest appeal fails: 'The long national nightmare of the Apple tax is ended'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down10
arrow-up1166arrow-down1external-linkEpic CEO Tim Sweeney takes yet another victory lap after Apple's latest appeal fails: 'The long national nightmare of the Apple tax is ended'www.pcgamer.com@alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish • 3 days agomessage-square51fedilink
minus-square@Zorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•3 days agoI mean, it’s what you’re celebrating. You can make some vague claims that it’s going to be good for small businesses and independent developers… but realistically it’s only going to pad the pockets of the already rich. Any benefit to anyone else is going to be negligible.
minus-squareUlrichlinkfedilinkEnglish7•3 days ago I mean, it’s what you’re celebrating. I don’t even know what money you’re talking about. Hard to celebrate that. realistically it’s only going to pad the pockets of the already rich …you mean Apple? No. It will benefit literally everyone else.
minus-square@Zorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•3 days ago… do you think Apple is the only highly successful company in the world? There’s tons of others… like Epic. I don’t even know what money you’re talking about. Hard to celebrate that. At least you admit to your ignorance, that’s the first step to actually knowing what the hell you’re talking about :)
minus-square@Bronzebeard@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish7•3 days agoThe only business who is losing anything here is Apple. Literally anyone else, including your solo dev kid cousin, who just made his first game, wins from this
minus-squareUlrichlinkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-23 days ago do you think Apple is the only highly successful company in the world? No just one of the most profitable in the world. There’s tons of others… like Epic. Epic is not “successful”, by any standard. that’s the first step to actually knowing what the hell you’re talking about I know exactly what I’m talking about. I just don’t know what you’re talking about.
…why would anyone do that?
I mean, it’s what you’re celebrating.
You can make some vague claims that it’s going to be good for small businesses and independent developers… but realistically it’s only going to pad the pockets of the already rich. Any benefit to anyone else is going to be negligible.
I don’t even know what money you’re talking about. Hard to celebrate that.
…you mean Apple? No. It will benefit literally everyone else.
… do you think Apple is the only highly successful company in the world? There’s tons of others… like Epic.
At least you admit to your ignorance, that’s the first step to actually knowing what the hell you’re talking about :)
The only business who is losing anything here is Apple.
Literally anyone else, including your solo dev kid cousin, who just made his first game, wins from this
No just one of the most profitable in the world.
Epic is not “successful”, by any standard.
I know exactly what I’m talking about. I just don’t know what you’re talking about.