Apple blocks Fortnite's return to iPhone in US

Apple is such a piece of shit company.
- There are worse, but yea, they’re fucking annoying
  Anyone knows a good Android phone (brand) that works for daily usage and doesn’t spy on you?
  And don’t recommend things like GrapheneOS and shit, they’re nice, but clearly not usable because you’re locked off too many apps, and end up still using Google
  
  I've been using GrapheneOS for a couple months and haven't found any apps to be giving me trouble. What apps are locked off?
  
  i don't think you can have a phone that doesn't spy on you without graphene, lineage or similar.
  
  Android itself does plenty of data collection on its own; I'm not sure if the brand really makes much of a difference here, unfortunately.
  I installed Sailfish OS on a Sony Xperia phone a few years ago, and that worked well enough. I had a couple of Android apps that I needed to use for work, and Sailfish has some kind of Android environment built in that lets you run Android apps. I worked for me, but I didn't try any payment apps or others that tend to be picky about what type of phone you're using.
  
  Sony Xperia.. that's all I can think of...

Why take sides if both are shit. Apple with their stupidly controlled walled garden VS Epic thinking they can buy their way into infinite reach everywhere. I'm rather pleased they didn't agree with each other, because their cooperation seems even worse than them acting as separate entities.
- In a fight between Apple and Epic, I'm rooting for the fight
  
  I'd take an Apple loss over an Epic one any day here. Apple's walled garden philosophy has permanently damaged the tech literacy of an entire generation, and the fact that ~half of all people that want to use a smartphone to do things simply can't just install a FOSS application downloaded from Github to do the thing is an atrocity. Apple getting away with it also emboldens Google to make their phones/tablets into "gadgets" instead of "computers" with stuff like file permissions policies (that became so restrictive that the devs for Syncthing simply gave up on Android as a platform).
  Meanwhile, Epic's greatest evil that affects me is that I don't play some video games because they're exclusive to Epic's store, and also some video games are worse because it "just makes too much financial sense" for AAA devs to release UE5 slop. Operating systems and programs are more important than video games, and video games as a medium are more restricted by stuff like what Apple's doing than what the AAA devs do to generate shareholder value.
- Both are scummy, but in this specific circumstance Epic is in the right. Apple's anti-competitive, monopolistic trust needs to be broken.
- I managed to never drop a penny on Epic. The game launcher relaunch with all the propoganda put me in a state of "voting with my dollar" where I decided I'd give it a year or two before I tried out their storefront. Then when they decided to sick all the fortnite kids on Apple in this pathetic attempt to get attention on their case, I was like nope never buying a thing. Apple of course, can also eat my ass

Oh, so Apple is eager for another demand, huh
- Delaying the review process is just petty, but lawsuits are only profitable when you win, so Apple denying the app would mean Epic wanting another lawsuit.
  
  Do you think a court could force Apple to allow any and all software in the App Store? In other words, it’s not Apple’s decision who they do business with?

Give them a real, damaging fine that makes them think twice about doing something like that ever again.

Honestly, I maintain the ancient line of if you're playing games on Apple you're doing it wrong. Apple is not a gaming platform. That said, Fortnite sucks so meh.

"App Review shouldn't be weaponised by senior management as a tool to delay or obstruct competition, due process, or free speech."
Apple has no obligation to be fair to competition or uphold freedom of speech. Due process is completely irrelevant.
Tim Sweeney is an honest-to-goodness piece of shit.
- They actually do have an obligation to be fair to competitors. It's in the US laws, and was a big part of the lawsuit. Until sideloading is freely available on all supported device models, they don't have a leg to stand on when called out for anticompetitive practices.