This is MacO S Ken.

Checking in on the epic braw, a look at Airtag's chewy Chocolate Center and a story about my personal friend Tom Hanks.

It's Wednesday 5th of May 2021. I'm Ken Ray and this is news from Maco-S-Kan brought to you by yours truly and

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Patreon dot com slash Maco-S. You know why I want to stay away from the epic B apple fight?

Because like Marvin the Martian, it makes me very angry. very angry indeed.

We'll start with the news, then get to the anger.

Apple Insider highlights a note from

J.P. Morgan analyst Samique Chatterjee who has been analyzing some of the

apple epic court docks according to those Apple estimates that it accounts for roughly 23% to 38% of the total gaming transaction market

with the remainder divided up between other companies.

Chattergy says this data supports the view that Apple doesn't have monopoly power in the segment.

Also, 30% is a fairly standard commission.

Other companies that charge the same amount include Sony, Nintendo, Google, and Samsung

according to the piece.

Speaking of those, when it comes to Fortnite specifically the piece says Apple's platforms accounted

for only a minority share of the revenue. PlayStation and Xbox combined made up

75% of Fortnite. Between March of 2018 and July 2020, only about 7% of

revenue in the Battle Royale game came from iOS. But it's Apple's 30% that's killing them, right? Yeah, that's a tiny

bit of my anger seeping in and now here's a whole lot more.

If Apple had done a special deal with Epic, Epic would have taken it.

That's according to Epic CEO and stirr of the Coalition for App Fairness Pot, Tim Sweeney.

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