Koch Group founders, Roblox, and more back Apple in 'Fortnite' antitrust case

Roblox hypocrisy. They make all their money from Robux, a currency parents buy on their website, and they don’t require to split that with Apple. Since they’re a kids platform they want a direct connection with the parents (if Apple is collecting the payments they don’t have any way to interact with the parents anymore).

So Roblox benefits from not having to share revenues with Apple AND Apple being their quality assurance gateway for content deployment.  

Ofcourse they want to file their support, because they have to show their investors that they care about kids security. Ofcourse they file their support because they are in a great position where they have nothing to lose, and parents as the buyer will logically locate the website to buy a virtual currency, whereas Epic Games has a completely different audience and model (a more common one) that hurts from the App Store dominance. 

Roblox Corporation is a deeply, deeply unethical company that exploits children. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTMF6xEiAaY

xbit said:

Roblox Corporation is a deeply, deeply unethical company that exploits children

I'd argue that every social media platform does the same thing: convinces people that they can become rich by creating content, but pays them a pittance compared to the ad revenue and investment money their content generates for the platform.

CheeseFreeze said: Ofcourse they file their support because they are in a great position where they have nothing to lose, and parents as the buyer will logically locate the website to buy a virtual currency, whereas Epic Games has a completely different audience and model (a more common one) that hurts from the App Store dominance.

??? Epic sells their own virtual currency outside of the App Store as well. Plus, Fortnite was not developed for mobile. It was ported to mobile after becoming a smash hit on video game consoles and PCs. Mobile was always the smallest market for Fortnite.

This is from the ACT-App web site:

Your Data is Facebook's Reward, Says Congress

The bills’ proponents are willing to open up unfettered access to your data, device features like your camera and microphone, and even your wallet to Facebook and to blatant fraudsters, in order to achieve their antitrust expansion priorities. Funny how their interests line up neatly with those of Facebook, which, if the bills were enacted, stands to rake back billions in advertising revenue lost when consumers chose not to be tracked across apps on their phones. Of course, the changes these bills force on app stores would benefit the largest companies that do business on the platforms, like Facebook, while hurting App Association member companies the most. If consumers lose trust in the app stores, the resulting reluctance to download new software hits the smallest app makers the hardest.

Small Business Pain is Facebook’s Gain

Facebook clearly places a high value on the ability to evade software platform-imposed restrictions on its data collection and monetization activities. S. 2992 and S. 2710 do not just provide wiggle room, they provide a wide avenue with formidable federal enforcement capabilities keeping the avenue free of obstacles. Unfortunately, that road would be paved with App Association member prospects and the consumer harms certain to result from an ad-supported environment dependent on manipulation, which federal policy would protect, not prohibit.

Congress should ditch these ill-conceived antitrust bills and focus on what consumers and small businesses really want – comprehensive national privacy legislation.

https://actonline.org/2022/03/14/why-is-congress-putting-facebooks-profits-over-small-business/