"We do not retaliate or bully people. It’s strongly against our company culture.”<p>"We treat every developer the same,"<p>- Tim Cook.<p>I also think the 9to5's account [1] goes into much more detail of those measures. They are also the rare few site that digs into every released documents in great depth.<p>[1] <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2021/05/05/netflix-apple-in-app-purchase/" rel="nofollow">https://9to5mac.com/2021/05/05/netflix-apple-in-app-purchase...</a>
I am really pleased Epic is conducting this lawsuit. Even if they lose the lawsuit, it seems likely they'll end up with at least a partial victory by shining light on Apple's practices.<p>Apple has been a great thing for the world but I find their App Store practices extremely distasteful.
Seems like someone asked if they should, not really a discussion. Seems more like the discussion was how many value adding activities Apple could do specifically for Netflix to keep them with subscriptions in the AppStore. Which obviously was no where near enough.
Unpopular opinion: I read the email exchange and I could see me doing exactly the same if I were App Store Business Management Director. I mean, this is business as usual in any enterprise or sales. You are losing income, but keeping the customer, what should you do?<p>We have to remember that - first and foremost - Apple is a business. I’m yet to be convinced on why they should be held to higher standards than any other Fortune 500 company, where such business practices and price (non-)negotiations are common.<p>Why exactly is Apple somehow forbidden to do this?