Epic First Run Program Offers Devs 100% of Revenue for Six Months in Exchange for Exclusivity

The Epic First Run program will allow developers to keep 100% of the revenue from their apps and games in their first six months on the Epic Games Store in exchange for exclusivity.
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U.S. Supreme Court Grants Apple Temporary Reprieve in App Store Case

Justice Elena Kagan ruled that the dual appeals in Apple v. Epic can stand as-is, in effect giving Apple a temporary reprieve.
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Data Collection Costs Epic Games Half a Billion USD

By Deeba Ahmed
The FTC has announced to charge Epic Games with a $520 million settlement concerning the alleged violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
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Apple kept mum about XcodeGhost malware attack against 128M users

By Deeba Ahmed
Apparently, nearly 128 million iOS users downloaded apps containing the XcodeGhost malware but Apple did not inform users about the attack.
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Epic Won’t Release Fortnite on Xbox Cloud Gaming

Epic Games revealed in its depositions in the Apple antitrust case that it will not release Fortnite on Microsoft’s Xbox Cloud Gaming service.
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Apple Didn’t Bring iMessage to Android Because of its Lock-In Strategy

I’ve often said that Apple’s ecosystem is a one-way, dead-end street, and now that theory has been proven true by the company’s own executives.
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