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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: 0.468s | source
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sushshshsh ◴[13 Aug 20 19:59 UTC] No.24147889[source]▶
What happened to the days where everyone controlled their own domains/IP addresses/servers?

Why would anyone want to risk being deplatformed? I trust ICANN more than I trust Apple and ${CLOUD_PROVIDER}

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nip180 ◴[13 Aug 20 20:06 UTC] No.24148004[source]▶
> Why would anyone want to risk being deplatformed?

App stores give you incredible access to new users. You literally don’t have a way to get unto iOS devices w/o the App Store.

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oblio ◴[13 Aug 20 20:08 UTC] No.24148042[source]▶
> App stores give you incredible access to new users. You literally don’t have a way to get unto iOS devices w/o the App Store.

They give you "incredible access" because they're basically the only access. Their OSes would be complete flops if app stores were the only option and nobody would use them...

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1. Spivak ◴[13 Aug 20 21:32 UTC] No.24149595[source]▶
The "incredible" part is the access to Apple customer base.
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2. sushshshsh ◴[13 Aug 20 21:40 UTC] No.24149724[source]▶
Dreaming of a world where everyone can press a button and buy a flashed phone with an open standards operating system much like I can do on most laptops with Linux