[ianferrel]

"Just last week, Epic agreed with Apple that we would play by the same rules as everyone else."

This is in the linked thread.

But, if the legal challenge is ongoing, then I am skeptical that they've really agreed to anything. Writing an email to Apple saying "I agree to your terms" while continuing to fight in court over those terms is not an agreement of anything.

[ziml77]

They can agree to follow the terms while at the same time believing that the terms are unfair. They don't have to break the ToS to get the ToS changed.

[ianferrel]

They could do that, and that appears to be what they want to do, but I tend to agree with Apple that continuing a legal attempt to overturn the terms doesn't constitute "agreeing" to the terms. There's an old joke about diplomacy being "the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock".

Apple is in my opinion correct that Epic is still looking for that rock, and is not bound to respect what Epic says while it does so.

>They don't have to break the ToS to get the ToS changed.

Might have been a good idea for Epic to consider that prior to doing so.

[ziml77]

Oh absolutely. I think Apple is making the correct move here.

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> Writing an email to Apple saying "I agree to your terms" while continuing to fight in court over those terms is not an agreement of anything.

Especially since the court ruled Epic violated them once before.