- European Union regulators said they want to question Apple over accusations that it blocked video game company Epic Games from setting up its own app store, in a possible violation of digital rules that took effect in the 27-nation bloc Thursday.
- The European Commission, the EU’s top antitrust watchdog, said in a statement Thursday that it has “requested further explanations on this from Apple under the DMA.” The rules threaten penalties that could reach into the billions for violations.
- The commission said it’s “also evaluating whether Apple’s actions raise doubts on their compliance” with other EU regulations including the Digital Services Act, a second set of regulations in the bloc’s digital rulebook that prohibit tech companies from ”arbitrary application” of their terms and conditions.
Karma is a bitch, huh?
EA is also the one behind easyanticheat, refusing to make their games work under Linux, claiming it’s difficult.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/02/tim-sweeney-is-right-about-the-difficulty-of-adapting-fortnites-eac-to-linux/
However, Steam/Valve has made it very easy to ship EAC for Steam games and many games (i.e. Apex Legends) have shown that it just works.
So yeah, excluding Linux users is as shitty as being excluded from Apple.