After bad reviews for Microsoft promoting the Microsoft Store, creating a closed platform for developers, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has put up with Apple and Google.
Both have created app stores based entirely on the idea of a monopoly, Sweeney says, pointing to the 30% fee developers have to pay Google and Apple to sell their apps.
In an interview given to CNBC, Sweeney reports that the extra charges that developers have to agree on only increase the price of apps and games. Apple has invented what Sweeney calls an "absolute monopoly", while Google does not leave competing stores with "UI barriers".
Epic Games previously released Fortnite for Android, ένα από τα πιο δημοφιλή παιχνίδια για κινητές συσκευές, σαν ένα αυτόνομο πρόγραμμα εγκατάστασης APK για να αποφύγει το τέλος του 30% που ζητούσε η Google για να διαθέσει το παιχνίδι μέσω του Play Store. Ωστόσο, το παιχνίδι κυκλοφόρησε τελικά στο Play Store αφού ο Sweeney παραδέχτηκε ότι η χειροκίνητη λήψη ήταν πολύ περίπλοκη διαδικασία για ορισμένους από τους users her.
"Google is deliberately suppressing competing stores by blocking the user," Sweeney told CNBC.
"If any developer could accept the amount requested without adding a 30% from Apple and Google, we could pass the discount on to all our consumers."
Sweeney's company created it Epic Game Store last year, with developers paying a fee of 12 percent.
"Apple has locked in and paralyzed its ecosystem by inventing an absolute monopoly on software distribution, and software revenue generation," Sweeney said.
Next week, MrfaceSeveral tech companies, including Apple CEO Tim Cook, will attend a congressional hearing on their anti-competitive practices.
I wonder why there are many who still deal with Apple and its products.
I found it… There is an excess of nonsense in the world