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Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store

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1704 points ardit33 | 3 comments | 13 Aug 20 19:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.649s | source
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lordleft ◴[13 Aug 20 20:04 UTC] No.24147974[source]▶
Imagine if Microsoft did this on PCs. a) prohibiting the installation of non-windows store software (sideloading) and b) insisting that all purchases done via apps give them a 30% cut. I think this is a ridiculous practice on the behalf of Apple.
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recklesstodd ◴[13 Aug 20 20:20 UTC] No.24148292[source]▶
Valve is anticipating such move in a near future and investing in gaming on Linux.
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immigrantsheep ◴[13 Aug 20 20:35 UTC] No.24148605[source]▶
AFAIK Valve already tried the whole Linux as a gaming platform thing and gave up completely a few months ago.
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brnt ◴[13 Aug 20 20:50 UTC] No.24148890[source]▶
Where did you get this silly idea? Linux gaming has never been stronger than now, thanks to Steam's Proton.
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1. dvtrn ◴[13 Aug 20 21:12 UTC] No.24149268[source]▶
Where did you get this silly idea?

Valve's decision to no longer support Ubuntu as a first-class distribution, a year ago, probably. Though that's just one distribution, not Linux as a whole.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2019/06/steam-announces-that-its...

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2. kllrnohj ◴[13 Aug 20 21:24 UTC] No.24149471[source]▶
Worth noting that that's obsolete. Canonical has since walked back on 32-bit apps being available in Ubuntu, and as a result Valve as brought Steam back to Ubuntu: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2019/06/valve-confrims-steam-lin...
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3. dvtrn ◴[13 Aug 20 21:27 UTC] No.24149521[source]▶
Oh would you look at that! Thanks for the correction