https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7 Epic Games deciding to take on Apple and Google en-us 2020-09-09 15:53:52 UTC 2020-09-17 19:16:28 UTC hello@padlet.com kcoghlan2 https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/731733682 2020-09-09 15:55:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/731733682 kcoghlan2 https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/731737585 2020-09-09 15:55:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/731737585 kcoghlan2 https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/731740372 2020-09-09 15:56:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/731740372 kcoghlan2 https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/731744393 2020-09-09 15:57:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/731744393 https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756402269 Epic made there own " paymet method" Apple got no percent in profit]]> 2020-09-17 17:50:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756402269 https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756402896 I believe the reason Epic Games decided to "Attack" Apple and Google was to make the most amount of money possible. ]]> 2020-09-17 17:50:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756402896 w22okanet https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756402906 In my opinion, Epic Games decided that it had enough "power" in the industry to make an attack on Apple and Google. They could have also thought that they had enough social media presence to force Apple and goo]]> 2020-09-17 17:50:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756402906 https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756402969 They felt Apple/Google taking 30% was too high an amount and wanted them to lower it or let them  keep the 100%. 

]]> 2020-09-17 17:50:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756402969 w22bealm https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756403142 They believed it was unfair apple was taking a 30% cut out of their sales in the appstore.]]> 2020-09-17 17:50:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756403142 https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756403174 after the feud between the both in wanting more then 70%, apple then took fortnite out of the App Store.]]> 2020-09-17 17:50:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756403174 w22chenb https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756403244 2020-09-17 17:51:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756403244 https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756403904 google and apple wanted a percentage of the money made on the mobile versions of fortnite from V bucks]]> 2020-09-17 17:51:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756403904 https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756404829 Epic games was only recieving 70 percent of the profits and they wanted 80 or 90

]]> 2020-09-17 17:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756404829 https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756405131 They initiated this battle over profit margins for in-app purchases, claiming that Apple and Google’s 30% “tax” was too much and was due to their monopoly over the tech industry.]]> 2020-09-17 17:51:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756405131 w22pradaa https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756405290 because epic games felt that the fees for the apple and google store were to high and felt the only way to get to get those fees down were to attack ]]> 2020-09-17 17:51:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756405290 https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756405324 Apple and Google taking 30% of revenues made by epic games & they wanted more.]]> 2020-09-17 17:51:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756405324 https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756405489 Apple/Google wanted too much of the profits (30%) and Epic wasn't getting enough (in Epic's opinion)]]> 2020-09-17 17:51:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756405489 w22prantiso https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756412031 2020-09-17 17:52:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756412031 w22railas https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756412353 because apple and google took too much profit from epic games

]]> 2020-09-17 17:52:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756412353 w22railas https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756415524 2020-09-17 17:53:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756415524 w22chenb https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756416880 2020-09-17 17:53:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756416880 https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756441124 They can choose to deny a lower price cut from Epic (ie Epic gets 80-90% and Apple/Google gets 10-20%) or completely get rid of the game from the store, which would be risky because of the game's popularity]]> 2020-09-17 17:58:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756441124 https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756442962 Apple and Google have to decide if it is worth having one of the most popular games in their stores at the risk of making little to no money off of it or not allow it back in its store and risk loosing a large number of people that use their stores. ]]> 2020-09-17 17:58:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756442962 w22okanet https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756443078 They have to decide if they can take the scrutiny of the federal government. They also have to figure out if they can take the risk of getting their fee reduced forcibly by the government rather than reducing their fee themselves and having control over the situation. ]]> 2020-09-17 17:58:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756443078 https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756443103 Apple and google both are removing games that are taking more than 70 percent of the profit so they maintain a level playing field]]> 2020-09-17 17:58:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756443103 https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756444370 They have to find a way either by lowering the 30% or some other way to keep other businesses from speaking out as well]]> 2020-09-17 17:59:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756444370 w22railas https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756445621 Its gonna hurt apple and google because fornite is such a popular game


]]> 2020-09-17 17:59:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756445621 w22bealm https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756445693 They need to decide if they are going to change the cut or not have fortnite in the appstore]]> 2020-09-17 17:59:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756445693 https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756446093 Their decision is between keeping large profit margins at a cost to smaller app developers, and allowing for app developers to use their own payment system, which would result in virtually no profit from 3rd-party apps.]]> 2020-09-17 17:59:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756446093 https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756446372 to just keep fortnite out of the App Store, until they agree to whatever they demand.]]> 2020-09-17 17:59:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756446372 https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756449461 if its worth losing a pouplar game]]> 2020-09-17 18:00:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756449461 https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756451107 epic  has enough fans on console so they can stand their grown

]]> 2020-09-17 18:00:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756451107 w22prantiso https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756451468 2020-09-17 18:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756451468 w22railas https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756452052 have good mount of cut for everyone

]]> 2020-09-17 18:00:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756452052 https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756462559 Lower the 30% and put it back on the app store


]]> 2020-09-17 18:02:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756462559 https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756462663 court or its going to be like middle schoolers going back and fourth]]> 2020-09-17 18:03:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756462663 w22okanet https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756463629 i think the best way to resolve the conflict would be by having som sort of scaled fee system so thet the more money you make off of in-app purchases the higher you fee]]> 2020-09-17 18:03:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756463629 w22chenb https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756464159 2020-09-17 18:03:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756464159 https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756464243 Apple should give epic games and other games 80 percent or 90 percent of the profits because they are only sponsoring the game.]]> 2020-09-17 18:03:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756464243 https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756464362 both agree on the same term and mutual agree on a percentage cut, maybe 15%-20%, either way they both are making money, as well as some cons.]]> 2020-09-17 18:03:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756464362 https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756465169 They could negotiate the price cut, but there are both upsides and downsides to this]]> 2020-09-17 18:03:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756465169 https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756465615 to settle a deal with apple]]> 2020-09-17 18:03:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756465615 w22bealm https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756465696 Reduce the price cut to maybe 5 or 10 percent]]> 2020-09-17 18:03:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756465696 w22railas https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756466950 I think the best way to resolve the solution is that they have a business talk and figure out how much percent everyone gets for doing their job

]]> 2020-09-17 18:03:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756466950 https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756494819 I thought that apple was being unfair by becoming a monopoly and not being fair to the games on there device especially epic games]]> 2020-09-17 18:09:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756494819 https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756495047 I took away that Apple and Google can afford to have 30% on their app store because they have have the power to do that 

]]> 2020-09-17 18:10:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756495047 w22chenb https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756495537 2020-09-17 18:10:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756495537 w22okanet https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756496117 I took away that companies make decisions and need to weigh their options to maximize profit. I did like learning this way.]]> 2020-09-17 18:10:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756496117 w22railas https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756496442 I think when you are talking business make everything efficient and clear because you don't want problems when you are halfway through in making money and eventually they are cutting more


]]> 2020-09-17 18:10:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756496442 https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756497794 With the rise of Big Tech, smaller software and app developers have been pushed aside. ]]> 2020-09-17 18:10:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756497794 https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756498191 I did not even know there was any conflict between Epic and Apple/Google. After understanding more about it, I took away how "fair" differs between perspectives. From both perspectives, "fair" means obtaining a satisfying profit, but the quantity of this profit varies between them. This makes it hard to resolve conflicts within business]]> 2020-09-17 18:10:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756498191 https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756500165 at the end of the day companies have to make money and have to bring in some revenue and profit.]]> 2020-09-17 18:11:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756500165 https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756500455 I took away that sometimes drastic business decisions can be worth it ]]> 2020-09-17 18:11:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756500455 https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756502124 lower the percent]]> 2020-09-17 18:11:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756502124 w22pradaa https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756505123 2020-09-17 18:12:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kcoghlan2/vceakunpdl6m7nj7/wish/756505123