Whew! There has been some major Apple drama lately. The biggest kerfuffle has been Apple’s refusal to approve the Xbox Game Pass app for the App Store, effectively shutting out the entire iOS ecosystem from being able to enjoy Microsoft’s game subscription service. Many have been critical of this move, and Apple’s App Store policies in general have been under more scrutiny than usual lately due to antitrust concerns. One of the most vocal critics about this whole situation has been Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney. And it’s not just with Apple either, but he kind of has had a beef with a variety of digital app stores and their policies for the past few years. Epic’s own digital storefront has undercut Steam with a smaller percentage take of sales. And Epic daringly took on Google and its Play Store when they decided to launch the Android version of Fortnite, perhaps the most popular game in the world at that time, through their own separate launcher. And although Fortnite is now available through Google Play proper, the stunt seemed to work as it being through Epic’s own launcher initially didn’t seem to hamper its popularity on Android in the least. In a lot of ways I really respected that stunt by Epic. Not that I think there’s any truly altruistic actions in the world of mega corps, but I do think it takes guts to stand up to the major players in a market and try to affect change. Well Epic is at it again and this time I’m ...