Every time I download a sketchy file from the internet I know the gamble I am taking. No matter how many scans you run on a file there is always a chance that a virus can slip through and steal all of…
Well, it has finally happened. It took a year, a bit of an Orwell parody of a parody propaganda, several lawsuits in multiple places, and the judge predicting the future, but here we are, both won and lost. Well, kind of. If you’ve not heard:…
Twelve months on from the shambolic, disgusting, and dangerous PR campaign aimed at children that begun last year, what has come of the Epic Vs. Apple lawsuit? At the time of writing, a lot of dirty laundry has been aired and a large amount of chest-puffing has…
As a quick recap, about this time last year, Epic Games started a complete mess by trying to circumnavigate store fees that Apple and Google require for any purchase done through their mobile storefronts. This includes microtransactions, which was the thing Epic attempted…
Well, it was fun while it lasted wasn’t it? I mean, we had that one bit where Apple’s marketing director Trystan Kosmynka said when asked what an app is, “If you think of a game or app, games are incredibly dynamic. Games…
“Money! It’s a drag” as Pink Floyd sang to the chagrin of their record company’s money people. Ok, jokes aside, I feel a little like those news reporters told to stand outside the local court for a quick news summary of a…
Can we make this a three-way battle? Epic Games vs. Apple Inc. vs. the people’s interest in the trivial nonsense of businesses trying to beget the other for preferred practices. The former two are playing out like a really crap episode of…
I’ve not kept it secret: I’m not impartial on the Epic Games Vs. Apple Inc. case that arose in mid-August. Both of them can, as I often use as a turn of phrase, get right in the bin. Yes, I still do the weekly free…
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