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Aug 21, 2020, 5 tweets

Chris has an excellent article on the Epic v Apple fiasco.

Why Fortnite picked a fight with Apple and Google (and why now)

postgame.substack.com/p/why-fortnite… via @plante

@plante Matt Stoller also has his own article now up. Both are excellent reads and which - hilariously - say the things I've been saying to Tim et al since this whole thing started.

"Epic Games Kicks Off the Civil War in American Business"

mattstoller.substack.com/p/epic-games-k… via @matthewstoller

Matt, who literally wrote a book on monopolies, has a more interesting take on the consequences of whatever fallout comes from this.

Both of these authors have articulated precisely why these lawsuits are going to shape the future of digital. Pretty much what I said on day 1.

When I started these threads about the ensuing "civil war", a bunch of my industry friends in DM were like "Are you mad!?!?"

threadreaderapp.com/thread/1294581…

ofc some people misunderstood the stance that I was taking, and that it wasn't an adversarial one, let alone one in which I was picking sides. That I had to quickly clarify that, is a sign of the times we now live in. #smh

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