Steve Troughton-Smith“But Epic broke the rules” is not a defense of Apple’s behavior. As per the EC, Apple’s developer agreement contains clauses that are now and always have been *illegal*. Epic ‘broke’ the terms of an illegal contract in order to, among other things, test its legality in court and in regulation. We have our answer now: Apple’s terms were illegal. Epic was right to break them. I care nothing for how much money Epic makes, how its leadership tweets, or how Epic’s deals with console makers are worded
Don Whiteside@stroughtonsmith Even if we stipulated that they broke them and that the rules were reasonable I don’t see how they justify this banning. Apple has set up this scheme where you’re expected to put up a $1,000,000 as some theoretical guarantee against shenanigans. There’s no sensible risk here between that and Apple’s continued position in the pipeline for apps that will be installed. This seems simply petty and vindictive.