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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: 0s | source
1. eecc ◴[13 Aug 20 21:21 UTC] No.24149422[source]▶
Ok, lets just set aside our strawmen for a second and ask: why did Apple do this and what's the big deal anyway?

* Why did Apple trounce these folks? My first thought is, ridiculously intrusive anti-cheat? * Then, assuming that's the case and you're ok with letting someone else remote-admin your machine, can't you just install Fortnite directly anyway?

So what's the big deal exactly?

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2. smiley1437 ◴[13 Aug 20 21:33 UTC] No.24149612[source]▶
1. Epic violated Apple's ToS (apparently intentionally, to start a legal battle that they want to have right now due to EU investigations into abuse of monopoly power by large tech companies like Apple and Google)

2. Apple has to enforce their ToS (there is legal precedent that if you don't enforce your own rules, then you don't care about them - so it's a good idea to follow your own rules) so they had to boot Fortnite from the App store

The big deal is that this might trigger significant legal judgements that may determine what tech giants can or cannot do on their platforms.