<story><title>Epic Games releases &quot;Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite&quot; ad</title><url>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euiSHuaw6Q4</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ziddoap</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m not a fan of what Apple is doing, and am happy to see it be tested in court.&lt;p&gt;But, I&amp;#x27;m not a fan of another multi-million dollar company making such a blatant appeal to emotion, as if Fortnite needs to be &amp;quot;freed&amp;quot;, to the common person who has no concept of how nuanced the legalities of this entire thing are.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ll be happy when the theatrics are over with, and we can simply view the outcome of the legal precedent that is about to be set. This is a battle for the courts, not Twitter.</text></item><item><author>arduinomancer</author><text>The whole strategy here feels pretty unprecedented.&lt;p&gt;Usually these kind of lawsuits happen in the background but Epic seems to be going full force with making it a public campaign.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Apple is blocking your ability to get the latest Fortnite updates! All players should have a choice in payment providers and save up to 20%. Apple wants to limit your payment choices! Join the fight against @AppStore on social with #FreeFortnite&lt;p&gt;Can&amp;#x27;t imagine being in the room of Apple&amp;#x27;s PR team reacting to this.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dgudkov</author><text>That&amp;#x27;s correct, Epic&amp;#x27;s not altruistic here. But who else would be able to fight Apple&amp;#x27;s lawyers if not another multi-million dollar company?</text></comment>
<story><title>Epic Games releases &quot;Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite&quot; ad</title><url>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euiSHuaw6Q4</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ziddoap</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m not a fan of what Apple is doing, and am happy to see it be tested in court.&lt;p&gt;But, I&amp;#x27;m not a fan of another multi-million dollar company making such a blatant appeal to emotion, as if Fortnite needs to be &amp;quot;freed&amp;quot;, to the common person who has no concept of how nuanced the legalities of this entire thing are.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ll be happy when the theatrics are over with, and we can simply view the outcome of the legal precedent that is about to be set. This is a battle for the courts, not Twitter.</text></item><item><author>arduinomancer</author><text>The whole strategy here feels pretty unprecedented.&lt;p&gt;Usually these kind of lawsuits happen in the background but Epic seems to be going full force with making it a public campaign.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Apple is blocking your ability to get the latest Fortnite updates! All players should have a choice in payment providers and save up to 20%. Apple wants to limit your payment choices! Join the fight against @AppStore on social with #FreeFortnite&lt;p&gt;Can&amp;#x27;t imagine being in the room of Apple&amp;#x27;s PR team reacting to this.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>darth_avocado</author><text>You should take a win when you get one.&lt;p&gt;Yes it&amp;#x27;s another Billion dollar company going against Apple, but then, who else can actually go against them and not financially ruin themselves? Smaller Indie studios definitely can&amp;#x27;t</text></comment>