Apple v. Epic: What Happened? - Sept. 10, 2021

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EPIC W…HAT JUST HAPPENED

Judge issues ruling in Apple v Epic

Apple won most counts https://9to5mac.com/2021/09/10/apple-epic-games-ruling-statement/

Said the court ‘affirmed’ position https://twitter.com/markgurman/status/1436360257127653380

Big Epic Win https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-to-return-to-ios-after-epic-wins-big-in-apple-trial-verdict/

90 days to allow 3^rd-party payments https://www.marketwatch.com/story/apple-must-allow-other-in-app-purchases-on-app-store-judge-ruling-11631291223

Sweeney: not a win https://twitter.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1436370670166945792

What is a button https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/10/22667161/app-store-epic-ruling-difference-button-external-link

Asked to reinstate dev account https://twitter.com/FortniteGame/status/1436105346184056832

Apple: no - Protective injunction terminated https://twitter.com/stroughtonsmith/status/1436369684396453890

 

GLASSES FOR ‘SMART’ PEOPLE

Facebook + Ray-Ban Stories

https://about.fb.com/news/2021/09/introducing-ray-ban-stories-smart-glasses/

https://twitter.com/Facebook/status/1436325174266245125

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/09/technology/facebook-wayfarer-stories-smart-glasses.html

 

SURPRISE, FACEBOOK SPIES

millions of Whatsapp messages are apparently reviewed by FB moderators

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/09/whatsapp-end-to-end-encrypted-messages-arent-that-private-after-all/

https://www.propublica.org/article/how-facebook-undermines-privacy-protections-for-its-2-billion-whatsapp-users

https://gizmodo.com/whatsapp-moderators-can-read-your-messages-1847629241

Encrypt backups https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/10/whatsapp-encrypt-cloud-backup/

 

QUICK BITS

 

WE’RE THE REVOLVING DOOR

Amazon to cover hourly employees’ tuition but… when will they go to school

https://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-expands-education-perk-for-workers-to-cover-full-college-tuition/

https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/amazon-to-pay-full-college-tuition-for-front-line-employees

 

CROSSING THE STREAMS

Amazon Luna

Prime https://www.howtogeek.com/754157/have-prime-try-amazons-luna-game-streaming-for-free/

Couch https://www.engadget.com/luna-coach-co-op-feature-launch-130015782.html

Chromebooks https://liliputing.com/2021/09/amazon-luna-game-streaming-expands-to-fire-tablets-and-chromebooks.html

 

DATA WON’T STAY IN THE OUTBACK

Australia surveillance bill

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1372095-australian-surveillance-bill-allows-law-enforcement-to-add-to-modify-or-delete-anyones-data-and-take-over-their-online-accounts/

https://thenextweb.com/news/new-surveillance-laws-authorities-power-change-social-media-posts-syndication

 

HELP HELP I’M BEIN’ SUPPRESSED

The South is upset about social media

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-58516155

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/02/texas-social-media-censorship-legislature/

 

(PLAYSTATION VOICE) PLAY-STAY-TION

Sony Playstation Showcase highlights

Knights of the Old Republic Remake (PS5, PC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL-RfE-ioJ8

SpiderMan 2 (PS5) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIQ3xNqkVC4

Wolverine (PS5) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcj9AzHv_l8

Forspoken (PS5, PC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdZUrXCqUck

God of War Ragnarok (PS5) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE-4GvjKcfsGTA V again (PS5) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQT-O1nMSBU

 

 

[DrMacintosh]

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For the whole Epic vs. Apple thing...I'm glad Epic didn't get their way in terms of wanting 3rd party app stores on iOS. I just don't see the argument for opening iOS to 3rd party stores. However I totally agree that developers should be able to choose their own payment processors. 

 

It's a lose lose for both companies but imo, Epic took the biggest hit.