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Epic Punches The Apple Gatekeeper
Apple Post #1915 · source on Telegram

Epic Punches The Apple Gatekeeper

Description

The image is a fantasy battle illustration in which two huge stone-and-water creatures fight in a stormy sea landscape. The left creature has a white Apple logo over its head, while the right creature has a black "EPIC GAMES" logo and is punching the Apple figure; small white Android mascots stand on the shore watching. There is no other visible text. With the sibling metadata linking to the August 13, 2020 Fortnite App Store removal, the meme depicts Epic Games confronting Apple's closed iOS distribution and payment rules while Android looks like a separate audience to the platform war.

Categories

Apple MobileDev GameDev Games ECommerce

Common Tags

Apple AppleEcosystem Ios MobileDevelopment MobileDevelopmentPlatforms VendorLockIn LockInEffect ProprietarySoftware DigitalMarketplace EpicGamesStore GamingIndustry GameDevelopment Android CorporatePolicy

Comments

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Anonymous ★ Top Pick Epic found the one API Apple really treats as private: the revenue stream.
  1. Anonymous ★ Top Pick

    Epic found the one API Apple really treats as private: the revenue stream.

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