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If you guessed Epic CEO Tim Sweeney, you’re right — and he said it to Valve’s face, later telling Gabe Newell he was among the “assholes telling the world that the strong and powerful get special terms, while 30% is for the little people.” It’s from a cache of mostly redacted exhibits in a potential class-action lawsuit against Valve. Simon Carless dug them up, read more:
Within a day of its implementation, the Digital Markets Act (DMA), a new set of regulations by the European Union aimed at curbing the monopolistic tendencies
Apple Inc. is the second most valuable company in the world, approaching a $3 trillion market capitalization. Roughly 64% of Americans own an Apple product, meaning the company has massive amounts of data, and control, over the lives of hundreds of millions of people. But, the company also acts as a gatekeeper to the millions of businesses that use the Apple platform, giving it considerable control over businesses around the world. For example, Apple charges a 30% fee on nearly every transaction
The battle between Apple and the EU, Epic and Spotify is a spectacle the Macalope would rather not watch.
Apple will allow Europe-based iPhone users to download apps directly from third-party websites – the latest sign of the tech giant’s scramble to appease regulators after a sweeping European Union competition law took effect earlier this month.