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28 Oct 2022, 11:23 pm by Florian Mueller
Not only is Apple itself making it sound like that, but Apple's astroturfers--falsely claiming to represent the interests of small developers while actually just being their master's voice-- attacked Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney on Twitter as a greedy billionaire who just wants to make more money.That's the wrong angle. [read post]
27 Oct 2022, 5:55 am by Florian Mueller
— Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) July 29, 2022 What can you as an app developer do if a competitor promotes its competing apps on your page? [read post]
27 Oct 2022, 12:43 am by Florian Mueller
Apple doubled down to become the world's #1 profiteer from loot boxes, with a debasing effect on the whole mobile gaming ecosystem, making it harder for honest indie devs to compete.https://t.co/PyCv5Jf94K— Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) October 26, 2022 For those who are not familiar with the topic of loot boxes, they are virtual treasure chests in games, and there's a right way and a wrong way to do them. [read post]
25 Oct 2022, 11:32 pm by Florian Mueller
I remember a Tim Sweeney tweet according to which he read the decision that day, but also spent time coding and even found time for a hike. [read post]
24 Oct 2022, 8:25 am by Florian Mueller
First, Epic Games' CEO Tim Sweeney tweeted that he'd gladly compete with Apple's App Store as well as with a Microsoft app store on iOS, and then John Gruber ("the King of the Apple Geeks" and aligned with Apple approximately 95% of the time) surprisingly said "Microsoft would be great":Microsoft would be great. [read post]
Sweeney, attorney at Coughlin & Gerhart, LLP, may be reached at psweeney@cglawoffices.com. [read post]
1 Oct 2022, 11:17 pm by Florian Mueller
Google has made billions of dollars from its equity position in Pokémon GO maker Niantic, yet collects even more from other companies' game revenues through the Google Play Store's app tax.One of the world's largest games companies, China's Tencent (which is also Epic's largest shareholder besides founder Tim Sweeney), has just doubled down on its efforts to circumvent the infamous app tax. [read post]
23 Sep 2022, 7:16 pm by Florian Mueller
Sweeney that Apple must be stopped, it's simply true that plaintiffs like his company would otherwise be likely to hold this against Apple by pointing courts to an inconsistency that they could characterize as discrimination.In a nutshell, Apple taxing NFT startups is a bad thing, but they're being consistently bad in this regard. [read post]
19 Sep 2022, 10:33 am by Florian Mueller
Shame on Apple and shame on this deceitful astroturfing.https://t.co/75xw5K3tJH— Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) September 19, 2022 Follow @FOSSpatents Share with other professionals via LinkedIn: Share| [read post]
9 Sep 2022, 5:37 am by Kenan Farrell
Pursuant to the Franchise Agreements, the defendants could also be responsible for Honest Abe’s attorney fees and costs, which are probably already substantial. [read post]
1 Sep 2022, 10:29 pm by Florian Mueller
Epic Games' CEO Tim Sweeney recently told an ACT employee on Twitter that his life is a lie...Let me refer you to a few posts in which I discussed why ACT does not represent actual app developers like me:Not a class ACT: the so-called App Association is simply an Apple Association and does NOT represent app developers' interests in fair distribution termsACT | The App(le) Association claims to represent thousands of small developers, but in Twitter debates they are supported only… [read post]
21 Aug 2022, 9:01 pm by Lina M. Khan
Today’s action marks the beginning of the rulemaking proceeding. [read post]
11 Aug 2022, 12:26 am by Florian Mueller
On Twitter, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney recently mentioned that Epic can't even update Fortnite for the Mac anymore, though Mac app distribution was not an issue in that antitrust case. [read post]