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Bandcamp
no DRM
Why I love Bandcamp: Waived-fee Fridays, solid app, no DRM, more
The digital music universe has come a long way since the Napster era, and these days, that means a good number of paid subscription services are angling to serve all the music you could imagine in a legally acceptable package. But getting music-subscription dollars into your favorite musicians' hands remains a sticking point.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/08/today-is-bandcamp-friday-put-100-of-your-music-purchases-in-bands-hands/
Mobile Store
Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight
Victory Royale.
https://www.theverge.com/23994174/epic-google-trial-jury-verdict-monopoly-google-play
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Epic Games has big plans for its store, has its mobile apps ready
Sweeney: We're close to an "evolution type of event in the history of stores"
https://www.axios.com/2023/03/09/epic-games-store-tim-sweeney-2023
Why Epic is burning its own cash to cook Apple
In the antitrust trial starting May 3, Epic Games isn't asking for any monetary damages - and its lawyers must cost a fortune. But if Epic's ambitions to own the Next Big Thing pay off, the money it's spending to change Apple's rules will look like a good investment.
https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/3/22412899/epic-apple-trial-rules-investment-app-payment
Walmart's unannounced cloud gaming service detailed in confidential Epic emails
Walmart's unannounced cloud gaming service, codenamed Project Storm, has been detailed in new confidential emails. An exhibit in the Epic Games v. Apple trial reveals Walmart's efforts to pitch its cloud gaming service to Epic Games and get Fortnite on board.
https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/4/22418882/walmart-cloud-gaming-service-epic-games-trial-emails
Epic Games begins to show it's "more than games," acquires Bandcamp
At some point, Epic Games might need to drop the word "Games" from its moniker and admit what kind of company it wants to be. Today the game maker moved to acquire Bandcamp, an online music-streaming service that revolves around DRM-free purchases of MP3s, FLACs, and other audio files.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/03/epic-games-begins-to-show-its-more-than-games-acquires-bandcamp
CEO
Interviewing Epic Games Founder/CEO Tim Sweeney and Author/Entrepreneur Neal Stephenson — MatthewBall.co
Tim and Neal’s thoughts on the definition of the “Metaverse,” its technological and economic growth, Neal’s reaction on the day Facebook changed its name to Meta, the future of Fortnite , their thoughts on Apple’s Vision Pro, blockchains, and the ethics of Generative AI, plus “Snow Crash 2," a
https://www.matthewball.co/all/sweeneystephenson
