been listening to this (youtube.com/watch?v=43CMV8KIs3E), only up to the 50 minutes mark but it seems like Epic lost mostly everything except for being allowed to tell people there are other ways for in-app purchases

and there's now a new video titled about Epic Appealing which wouldn't be the case if they had won where it mattered

Nioh is free on Epic

@Memor-X One point of contention: There seems to be a lot of discussion about the definition of a button. Apple may not ban developers from having buttons or external links pointing people to non-Apple payment mechanism, but button being mentioned separately from external link means a button may be something that links to something internal, i.e. an internal payment mechanism.

Morning chat

@Nzall possible but even if Apple is forced to allow apps to have their own payment processors, developers still will need to pay the 30% commission to Apple at some point

apple doing the payment processing was more because it's safer for them to get the money, keep 30% and then send the 70% off at payment as opposed to getting it at set intervals since Apple's only recourse should someone try and stiff them is a lawsuit which also costs money

@Memor-X I think the ruling was that apple can't require people to do that

@Elva nope, they can. Epic argued that any commission was wrong. the judge found that while 30% is inflated, Apple is still entitled to it's commission

I'm looking for references, do you have any?

Something that isn't half an hour of watching :P

This is why I hate video news

shorter video as alot of it is rehashing what was in the 2 hour one

or twitter.com/HoegLaw/status/1437076216671084558

Hey that references what I was reading through too

Well that's a shame =[

Buy gems on PS and you can spend those only while logged on PS.

And viceversa for PC

@SPArcheon And are gems the same price on all platforms?

quick comparison.

from the wiki

> 1,980 Genesis Crystal €29,99

compared with PS store...

PS price for the same 1980 currency is 32.99€

3€ Sony Tax.

the month subscription

is reported as 4.99€. PS Store has the same item going for 5.49€

Again, 0.50€ Sony Tax

@Nzall So, short version, nope, Sony has higher prices because greed.

Before someone tries to defend Sony saying "sony sales quota", Apple has quota too (see: Fortnite scandal) but on Apple store the same monthly sub is Blessings Bundle $4.99

@SPArcheon This is the same for other games I've seen with cross-progression, like Rocket League. I think it's related to platform-specific store policies.

@InvaderSkoodge true, but in this specific case the PS Store really stands out as the one that also has inflated prices for no reason at all.

Weird question....

I assume that there isn't any way to filter questions on the site by platform, right?

since there is no tagging....

I'm not sure, but I think that the rule is that if a question about a game is specific to how that game works on one platform, then it should have the platform tag. Otherwise, the assumption is that the information is applicable no matter what platform you are on.

true, but I was thinking about another scenario, for example an user wanting to browse questions related to nes games.

That... we have no way to do.

nothing serious, really, just wondering

@SPArcheon Platform tags would push far beyond the boundary of what the tagging system supports. supported platforms can change over the years and can lead to more tags than allowed

For example: GTA V as an extreme example released on PC, PS3, PS4, PS5, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S.

@SPArcheon Yeah, that's not really a use case we've made an effort to support

That's 8 platforms

I'd hate to see Skyrim's system tags

@Batophobia amazon-alexa

or Doom. We'd have to make some tags for printers, cars, that touchbar thing macs had.....

@Batophobia pregnancy tests even

So the Chevy Volt has one of the dumbest features I've ever seen in a car.

Unicycle mode?

If you hold the unlock button on the key fob for 5 seconds, the car will roll down all the windows.

Either my fob is defective or they jostled around enough in my pockets last night.

While Nicholas rolled around.

@Yuuki did they steal anything from your car?

@Yuuki what's the purpose of that?! that seems like a really dumb feature

@Elise Seems useful if you just want to quickly grab something from the seat or glove box and don't want to open the door

I am so sick of Covid

My son has it, which means we had to cancel his birthday trip

Which was supposed to start tomorrow

@PrivatePansy does it roll the windows up tho after?

or do you have to open 4 doors to close 4 windows?

And we just found out that because he's too young to be vaccinated, we can't go on our cruise in October

@SaintWacko don't they make an exception for people who are unable to get the vaccine?

@Nzall I don't keep anything valuable in my car, but there was a tropical storm that rolled through last night.

@Yuuki ouch

So your entire car interior is soaked?

pretty much

@Nzall Nope!

car is still functional but i'm going to need to do some deep cleaning or else it's going to stink after a few days

Everyone with a child under 12 in their party just got told they couldn't go

plus, there's no way to tell whether you've accidentally activated the feature either

@Yuuki At least, a good idea would have been that if that feature is activated, the windows stay open for 15 minutes, and if the car is not touched in that 15 minutes, roll it back up

like if I unlock my ionic and don't touch the car for a minute, it will relock itself

assume you just bumped the button

@SaintWacko That fucking sucks. Hope its at least not the hardcore/deadly covid?

@Fredy31 He seems to be doing alright. Just a cough and a light fever

@SaintWacko I assume that because he's under 12, he's not going to be that impacted. Most kids aren't going to be that affected by a COVID infection unless they have preexisting conditions

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