After Apple's threats, Patreon memberships via its iOS app will be subject to Apple's 30% fee from November 2024; creators must switch to subscription billing
if you're paying with iPhone Hamish McKenzie / On Substack : The price of payments — Today, Patreon is in the unenviable position of explaining to creators … Ashley King / Digital Music News : The ‘...
After a major leak of unannounced games, Epic releases an update “so third-party tools can't surface any new unpublished product titles” from its Games Store
After a major leak of unannounced games, Epic releases an update “so third-party tools can't surface any new unpublished product titles” from its Games Store
[Update] After publishing our story, we received a statement from Epic on this matter (via an Epic PR agency):
Letter to Epic: Apple's lawyers cite Tim Sweeney's attacks, including an X post, and say Epic is part of a “global effort to undermine or evade Apple's rules”
To understand what just happened, one needs to rewind to the start … Tom Ivan / Video Games Chronicle : EU says it's investigating why Apple terminated Epic's developer account Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo ...
At an all-hands, Unity discussed potential changes to its controversial new fees, like capping fees to 4% of a game's revenue for customers with $1M+ in revenue
Devs on #Unity Runtime Fee: “The trust is gone forever” https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ ... @GIbiz @James_Batchelor X: @unity : We have heard you. We apologize for the confusion and angst the runtime f...
Some local officials forced US schools and libraries to shut down or limit e-reader apps like Epic and OverDrive after conservative parents objected to content
E-reader apps that became lifelines for students during the pandemic are now in the crossfire of a culture war raging over books in schools and public libraries. Tweets: @natashaturak , @cindyotis_ , ...
Tim Sweeney and Epic execs discuss Epic's metaverse plans, contrasting it with Facebook's “manicured” feed and emphasizing the role of creators
Gene Park / Washington Post : Tweets: @andresegers , @genepark , @genepark , @genepark , @genepark , @launcherwp , @karinagrotz , @genepark , and @minimaxir Tweets: Andr / @andresegers : The internet...
Epic Systems, a leading provider of digital medical records, calls on large hospitals to oppose proposed US rules that would open up access to patient records
at a minimum to consumers and institutions they trust.” https://twitter.com/... Raj Ratwani, PhD / @rajratwani : Disappointing to see efforts to stop this important rule that would provide open APIs &...
Fixed flaw in the Fortnite Installer on the Galaxy Apps store and Epic's site let any app hijack the game download process to install anything on a user's phone
The exact problem we expected to happen, happened. — Google has just publicly disclosed that it discovered …
Fixed flaw in the Fortnite Installer on the Galaxy Apps store and Epic's site let any app hijack the game download process to install anything on a user's phone
The exact problem we expected to happen, happened. — Google has just publicly disclosed that it discovered …