Rogers further mentioned that switching to Android caused issues where families had to use Facebook to message, and WeChat, WhatsApp, and Slack for work. In the email, Rogers noted that the “most difficult to leave the Apple universe app is iMessage.” This app is the famous chat app made by Apple and is exclusively used for iOS devices as you are unable to download it (officially at least) for other devices, like Android phones. As part of this, there is an intriguing email from the former Apple executive Ian Rogers and the Apple Vice President of internet software and services, Eddy Cue. Through a slideshow, Epic Games presented this “walled garden” argument, noting how this is done. Epic Games is seemingly hoping that this trial will force Apple to make the iOS more open like normal PCs are, allowing for more means to create, download, and upload software for iPhone and other Apple devices.Ī walled garden: pretty, but hard to leave The only main way (without using stuff like Jailbreaks) to download software is through the Apple-owned App Store. This is mainly in the fact that users are unable to download any software that Apple has not explicitly approved. The change, specifically, is for the closed environment that Apple has created around the iPhone and the iOS in general.Įpic has argued that the iPhone is essentially a small computer device, made with heavy restrictions that wouldn’t be accepted by the community and everyone at large if it happened on a traditional PC. In the opening statement from Epic Games, the company noted that it is suing Apple not for just itself but for changes for all developers out there. Via The Washington Post, the company set aside around three hours for Epic CEO Tim Sweeney to be the first witness on the stand, which is the second-most for any of its witnesses at this time. The video game developer is the one who sued Apple in the first place following the entire fiasco of reducing the price of the V-Bucks virtual currency in Fortnite and that leading to Apple removing Fortnite from the App Store.Īs the company that sued Apple first, Epic had the opportunity to start out the court trial with its opening statements and the first set of witnesses. The event began with the opening statement from Epic Games, creators of Fortnite, the Epic Games Store, Unreal Engine, and much more. What Actually Happened: Epic’s Opening Statement This still happened and we have the breakdown of the important parts that you should know about from what both Epic and Apple have stated thus far. Apple day 1 was a particular mess to start out this very important trial but that isn’t to say that the problems prevented the proceedings from happening. Later on in the day (which we’ll get to in a bit), Apple had its chance to provide its opening statements and argument to the Judge Gonzalez Rogers but more technical problems intervened, forcing a 20-minute recess to figure everything out. So, it is pretty hilarious for it to start out this way and this was far from the only issue that we saw in Epic vs. It took several minutes to fix the line and this was an awkward start to a trial that is supposed to be about two of the hottest tech companies right now.Īpple is one of the largest corporations in the world and Epic Games is carving out its own piece of the industry with one of the largest video games in the world right now: Fortnite. People could be heard talking over one another, playing music, and the like as the very serious trial was supposed to be happening. The general public was able to tune in to the conference call, unmute themselves, and cause some chaos when the trial was set to begin. This more public-facing way of handling it is understandable, however, the actual implementation of it was met with some problems. Now some Travis Scott music.- Jacob Wolf May 3, 2021 The Ninth District Court can't figure out how to mute attendees to a public call-in for #EpicvApple and there are kids talking on Discord simultaneously and trolling the call.
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