• @Zorque@lemmy.world
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        -617 days ago

        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.

        • Ulrich
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          517 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.

          • @Zorque@lemmy.world
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            -817 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 :)

            • @Bronzebeard@lemm.ee
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              617 days ago

              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

            • Ulrich
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              17 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.

              • borari
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                017 days ago

                Epic is not successful? They’re a privately held company with a valuation of like $32 billion. They are the developers of Fortnite, and like 75% of all console/PC video games are built in their engine.

                I guess my question is how the fuck do you define successful then?

                • Ulrich
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                  17 days ago

                  Well. Being profitable would be a good start.

                  • borari
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                    016 days ago

                    They’re a privately held company, so afaik don’t have to release public earnings statements.

                    If you’re talking about the financials made public as a part of the Apple v Epic lawsuit, I’m pretty sure they just show that Epic Game Store isn’t profitable, not that Epic isn’t profitable.