… Allowing Epic to ignore App Store policy would necessitate changes -- Apple is very big on maintaining a "level playing field" that also coincidentally allows it to make a lot of money. …
Microsoft really wants PC and Xbox One gamers to have a common platform that links their purchases and allows for both cross-buying and possibly cross-play. …
Apple has always maintained complete control over the iPhone app ecosystem, but that policy is increasingly coming under scrutiny from regulators and developers. …
… The other cross-platform music locker of note is Amazon, which turned some heads last year when they began offering free upgrades to 20GB accounts with any album purchase. …
… Apple has been making changes to some of its long-standing policies as legal challenges ramp up. For example, it no longer charges most app developers the full 30 percent fee for sales on Apple's platform. …
… With the release of Honeycomb, Google changed its policy of opening the source code for the build to the general public. This was done to begin the process of addressing fragmentation on the platform. …