Epic vs. Apple: The Brand Battle and Business Growth Strategies

What do you think we’re going to talk about? Apple and Google ban Fortnite. Epic Games turns around and sues Apple and Google for antitrust. Also: Adobe commits to fighting Deepfakes, Streaming is now a quarter of all tv viewing, and, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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Links:

• Fortnite for Android has also been kicked off the Google Play Store (The Verge)
• Epic is suing Google over Fortnite’s removal from the Google Play Store (The Verge)
• Epic rallies Fortnite players against Apple with a warning that they’ll miss the next season (The Verge)
• Epic's 1984 Parody Video
• Photoshop Will Help ID Images That Have Been … Photoshopped (Wired)
• Disney+ Gains Foothold in Streaming Battlefield, Nielsen Says (The Hollywood Reporter)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions

• The Secret SIMs Used By Criminals to Spoof Any Number (Motherboard)
• How We Got the Favicon (The History of the Web)
• The Black Internet Gold Rush That Wiped Away $75 Million in 18 Months (Level)
• A college kid’s fake, AI-generated blog fooled tens of thousands. This is how he made it. (Technology Review)
• The Return of Anonymous (The Atlantic)

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