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@alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish • 17 days ago

Epic CEO Tim Sweeney takes yet another victory lap after Apple's latest appeal fails: 'The long national nightmare of the Apple tax is ended'

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Epic CEO Tim Sweeney takes yet another victory lap after Apple's latest appeal fails: 'The long national nightmare of the Apple tax is ended'

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@alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish • 17 days ago
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"Tim, you're gonna make Tim Cook retire early."
  • Ulrich
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    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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      … 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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        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

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        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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          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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            Well. Being profitable would be a good start.

            • borari
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              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.

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                https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/five-years-after-it-took-on-steam-epic-games-store-is-yet-to-make-a-penny-of-profit

                https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2023/11/07/tim-sweeneys-epic-games-store-is-still-losing-money-after-five-years/

                https://www.ign.com/articles/the-epic-games-store-still-isnt-profitable-nearly-five-years-after-launch

                https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/6/23949372/the-epic-games-store-still-isnt-profitable

                https://www.techradar.com/gaming/consoles-pc/the-epic-games-store-isnt-profitable-after-five-years-growth-is-still-epics-goal

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                  All your links say Epic GAME STORE isn’t making money, which is exactly what I fucking said. Epic the entire company can be profitable while the storefront is not.

                  Big hint, Fortnite in game purchases and Unreal Engine license sales print money for Epic. You’re willfully ignorant at this point bro.

                  You do realize what the difference between a company and a specific business line is right?

                  • Ulrich
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                    0•14 days ago

                    Well you were just wrong but now you’re wrong and also a dick. Goodbye.

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