Microsoft X Cloud is launching on Sept. 15th on Android as a part of Game Pass Ultimate

[Madmick]

That is comical. What’s hilarious is the reference to the web and Safari because you could extend their policy to absurd levels to say Safari allows you to access content on the web that hasn’t been vetted by Apple.

Pricks

Oh, they've been torn apart in the press in the days since I posted that. Facebook and Microsoft are hammering them. Some independent developers are suing them. A few Google executives have also weighed in with their displeasure.

The killshot has been the argument raised by observers that Apple says they can't allow these apps because they don't control their content, but they allow Netflix, Hulu, and dozens of other apps on their store for services with huge content libraries that aren't pre-approved by Apple. It's just so obvious this has nothing to do with security or quality control. This is about dollar bills.

• Apple goes to war with the gaming industry
• Apple refuses to allow major gaming apps from Microsoft, Google, and Facebook onto the App Store, and the fight just went public
• Facebook Criticizes Apple's App Store Policies, Launches Gaming App on iOS Without Games
• Microsoft fires back at Apple over the policy that's keeping Xbox Game Pass from launching on iPhones and iPads this September
• Apple is getting sued by developers who say the App Store is a monopoly

 

[Madmick]

LOL, it hasn't even been a week, and Apple isn't even pretending that didn't issue a full-throated lie with that quality control bullshit:
Apple pulls 'Fortnite' from App Store after Epic Games offered discount to cut Apple out of purchases