Why Epic can’t afford to lose the Unreal Engine in its fight with Apple

If Apple can afford losing the fight and Epic can’t, they’ve already lost. Having said that, I’m not really sure that the points in TFA are really solid, nor I see the impact of losing access to their developer account as stated, after all the framework binaries for UE don’t have to be signed. If anybody can elaborate on why losing access to the developer account is such a big deal, I would love to hear about it.

I think even if Epic loses the case, Apple will continue to allow the use of Unreal engine. It’s also in their interest to do so.

It's almost as though these proprietary walled-gardens are a bad idea.

I don't know. For me Apple has lost major brownie points here. I will be looking for option of a non-iPhone when next time I switch. It remains to be seen how this hits Apple regardless of the outcome, but I think generally Epic will be in a tight spot, should they lose the trial... Which makes it a battle of survival for Epic and a minor bump on the road for Apple. And unequal court case to be sure.

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If epic wins companies that make gaming consoles will immediately be subject to the same ruling, so it will be interesting to see which companies provide support to which sides.