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0 pointsspywaregorilla3y ago0 comments

It's not a platform, it's a store. The term monopoly does not apply. It's not a clever gotcha, it's just you not understanding the difference.

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parkingrift3y ago

Again, Epic is the one who has made that decision. Epic has decided to be the exclusive vendor of skins and emotes for Fortnite.

The only reason it’s a store is because… Epic wanted to be the only vendor. Whereas you’re acting like it’s something inherent to the product category. No, it was a decision Epic made.

spywaregorillaOP3y ago

This is not a noteworthy observation. Opening a marketplace for third party skins is basically entering an entirely new business. You need suddenly to manage obscenity censorship, ip infringement, fraud, aml for vendors, rendering issues with the skins.

Epic doesn't want to be in that business. That's fine. We can regulate them like a store. Apple wants to be in that business. Also fine. Let's regulate them like a marketplace.

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parkingrift3y ago

Again, Epic is the one who has made that decision. Epic has decided to be the exclusive vendor of skins and emotes for Fortnite.

The only reason it’s a store is because… Epic wanted to be the only vendor. Whereas you’re acting like it’s something inherent to the product category. No, it was a decision Epic made.

spywaregorillaOP3y ago

Epic doesn't want to be in that business. That's fine. We can regulate them like a store. Apple wants to be in that business. Also fine. Let's regulate them like a marketplace.

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