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Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store

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1704 points ardit33 | 2 comments | 13 Aug 20 19:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.497s | source
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Findeton ◴[13 Aug 20 20:11 UTC] No.24148096[source]▶
I don't think this should be regulated at all. Apple should be able to impose their rules in their systems. Let's be clear about this, if people are choosing to buy these black-box closed handheld computing devices, there are consequences that come with that choice.
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pier25 ◴[13 Aug 20 20:18 UTC] No.24148254[source]▶
I disagree.

The model makes sense for a console, as it's a very specialized device. A smartphone or a tablet are much closer to a general computing device. How many times has Apple said the iPad is a laptop replacement?

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grawprog ◴[13 Aug 20 20:22 UTC] No.24148331[source]▶
I disagree it makes sense on a console.

Phones can be used to:

-communicate

-consume media

-browse the web

-play games

Consoles can be used to:

-play games

-consume media

-browse the web

-communicate

I fail to see the difference to be honest.

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1. paxys ◴[13 Aug 20 20:34 UTC] No.24148583[source]▶
The point isn't can be used to, but rather are used to.
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2. filleduchaos ◴[13 Aug 20 21:21 UTC] No.24149417[source]▶
People use consoles to do all those things. As just one example, Netflix makes and maintains an app for the Playstation platform and it's not because they have nothing else to do.