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Opinion
Evans: Epic Games' legal fight against Apple was driven by pure greed
“Epic wanted, A, not to pay the 30%, even though Epic has no marginal cost and was making loads of money, so that was pure greed on their part, and B, they wanted to run their own store so they could sell all sorts of different things, and so they could have al…”
Benedict Evans Sep 20, 2021 ▶ 12:11 Apple's metronome
Assertion Supported
Evans: 0.5% of iPhone users generate half of App Store spending
“Second observation is we know from the disclosures in the Epic trial that about 80% so Apple did fifteen billion dollars. Apple gives a number. They did fifteen billion dollars in App Store commission. 65, sixty-five billion dollars, I think, of total money sp…”
Benedict Evans Sep 20, 2021 ▶ 17:08 Apple's metronome
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Evans: Epic discovered sideloading is a geek activity, unviable for mainstream consumers
“Sideloading is a geek. Activity. So that doesn't, if you're worried, if you actually want to reach consumers, side loading isn't an option. This is what Epic discovered.”
Benedict Evans Mar 7, 2021 ▶ 11:41 App stores: arguing like it's 2009
Assertion Partly supported
Brown: Roblox is valued at $45B compared to Epic Games at $17B
“Roblox is valued at forty five billion, whereas Epic Games is only valued at seventeen billion.”
Toni Cowan-Brown Aug 26, 2021 ▶ 11:12 Games and Roblox
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