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by parkingrift 1509 days ago
I’ll side with Epic when they agree to let me sideload skins in Fortnite. Open your platform, Epic!
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The difference, of course, being that Google controls ~50 percent of the smartphone OS markets whereas Epic does not control anywhere close to half of the video game market.

Yes, if epic controlled 1 of only two serious video games in the entire world, then yes anti trust law should apply to them.

But that is clearly not the case, whereas Google and Apple clearly are much closer to being anti-competitive.

Fortnite skins are a store, not a marketplace. There's a big difference.
While this is an absolutely true statement that distinction is an active choice by Fortnite to monopolize their platform.
Do other people allowed to sell skins on the store? Is side-loading an official feature elsewhere? I feel like if side-loading or community skins aren't actually supported then it's an important distinction
Neither side-loading nor community skins are supported, and that is my point. Epic prefers complete monopoly control over their platform.
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.
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.