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From: Wolf Greenblatt <wolf@greenblatt.net>
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Subject: Re: [NEWS] Greedy scum at Epic to release Fortnight on iPad and iPhone in EU
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 21:25:14 -0400
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On Tue, 30 Apr 2024 11:31:47 +1200, Your Name wrote:

> *EU only.*
> All Apple device users should boycott the game to show greedy scum 
> companies like Epic that we will not be blackmailed!! X-(
> 
>      Epic Games to Bring Fortnite to iPad
>      in EU After iPadOS 'Gatekeeper' Decision
>      ----------------------------------------
>      With Apple soon to be required to bring the same EU changes that
>      it made on the iPhone to the iPad, Epic Games today confirmed
>      that it will release Fortnite for the ‌iPad‌ in the future.
> 
>      ‌Epic Games‌ is already working to release an ‌iPhone‌ version of
>      Fortnite in the EU, with the game set to be available from the
>      forthcoming ‌Epic Games‌ Store, an alternative app marketplace.
>      The ‌iPhone‌ version of Fortnite is coming "soon," and an ‌iPad‌
>      version will follow "this year."
> 
>      The European Commission said this morning that iPadOS, the
>      operating system designed to run on the ‌iPad‌, is considered a
>      digital gatekeeper under the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA). As a
>      result, Apple has six months to comply with the requirements set
>      by the DMA, and we've already seen those requirements implemented
>      on ‌iPhone‌.
> 
>      As of iOS 17.4, ‌iPhone‌ users in the European Union can download
>      apps from alternative app marketplaces rather than the App Store,
>      and starting in iOS 17.5, apps are available directly from
>      developer websites. Right now, only ‌iPhone‌ apps can be downloaded
>      outside of the ‌App Store‌, but Apple will need to expand this
>      functionality to the ‌iPad‌ as well.
> 
>      Within six months, EU users will be able to download ‌iPad‌ apps
>      from alternative app marketplaces and from websites. As with the ‌
>      iPhone‌ updates, the upcoming changes are limited to the European
>      Union, and the ‌iPad‌ app ecosystem will function as is in the rest
>      of the world.
> 
>      <https://www.macrumors.com/2024/04/29/fortnite-coming-to-ipad-eu/>

What exactly is the problem that you feel so unhappily irritated about.