Comments by "ke6gwf - Ben Blackburn" (@ke6gwf) on "Epic Games asks judge to block Fortnite's removal" video.

@uhadme this is not about Apple being forced to do anything, it's that Apple has created a device that is useless unless they approve of it, but they are selling it as a general purpose computing device, that many people are forced to use for job reasons, but Apple has made it impossible to use your device without their permission. It's a lot like the Microsoft internet explorer situation years ago.
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@geekedmaxx it's not Apple's devices however, it's the customer devices but Apple is not allowing anyone to use their devices in the way they want unless they are paid a ridiculous percentage. The case against Google is less strong, because they allow other app stores, and side loading is easy, but Apple only allows software to enter through their Troll Bridge, taking away consumer choice. And since this has zero to do with security, it's obviously just to try to preserve their monopoly on access control, and thus their fat profits.
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Umm, they carefully planned this out, knowing what Apple would do. You don't craft a complete federal lawsuit in a couple of days, that was all prepped ready to go. This is David taking on Goliath
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@Epic Black Man Umm, and how exactly can Epic create a monopoly? What do they hold control over. Fortnight? You realize that there are thousands of other games out there people can play, so Epic can't create a monopoly unless they can shut down all the other games and game companies. That's like saying that Pizza Hut is trying to create a monopoly by opening stores in every town, even though there are thousands of other stores that are unaffected by pizza hut. But Apple is like a Gated Community that will only allow Pizza Hut to deliver to a homeowner in that community if pizza hut pays 30 percent of the price to the gate guard, and the homeowner isn't even allowed to go pick it up themselves, no pizza may enter unless it pays the gate guard. Now pizza hut is suing the HOA over the fees, saying that the homeowner has the right to pizza without having to pay the gate guard for access to the home they own. I don't like pizza hut very much, but if they want to spend their money to benefit all pizza places and all homeowners, I like their goal, even if I have no interest in Fortnight. (though their other big product, Unreal Engine is the foundation of many games, and is used by Hollywood a lot as well in production, and Apple is now trying to block them from being able to provide that even to Mac os computers.
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@Simming Madness funny that when Microsoft made that same argument, they lost. Just because there is another brand available, doesn't mean that having a monopoly is automatically legal. A lot of people are unable to use Android, because their jobs require Apple, and Apple has been advertising the iPhone as a general purpose computing device, but then they charge to allow access to it, and take consumer choice away, for their profit.
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@evacody1249 I am also android, but in a previous job I needed to have Apple because that's what the company used. Not free choice for many people. And since Google mirrors the Apple policy, they deserve the suit. If Apple loses, Goog will have to change as well anyway.
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@Simming Madness there's a difference between having a phone issued by work, and having to have an Apple device to access company systems that are Apple os based. Like my last job, everyone used Apple, and so I needed an iPhone to be part of the team. And in order to have a monopoly, you are right, you have to have exclusive control over the marketplace. Which is EXACTLY what Apple has for the entire Apple ecosystem. And you can also run afoul of monopoly laws when there is a duopoly as well, which is why Google is also being sued. And if you ask anyone who is deeply invested in the Apple ecosystem, there is no other choice, because if you are using Apple computers and services, you have to have an iPhone, and they have the monopoly over that.
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@Simming Madness Microsoft has been ruled a monopoly before, and so had to make it possible for others to compete and interoperate. Satellite TV is like pizza chains. If you want pizza hut you go there, if you want dominoes you go there. But Apple only allows you to buy 3rd party software for the device YOU own through their store, and that's a monopoly. Much like the old Company Store model where you were only allowed to spend your earnings at the company store, and pay rent to the company, at inflated rates. Those were just part of the terms of employment too, but were found to be improper as well.
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