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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: 0.427s | 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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Spooky23 ◴[13 Aug 20 21:26 UTC] No.24149512[source]▶
Try playing Minecraft between your non-Windows 10 PC and anything mobile, or between anything and a Mac.
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1. bencollier49 ◴[13 Aug 20 21:37 UTC] No.24149670[source]▶
My kids both have Rasberry Pis running Gentoo and we play together, with me on a Mac (my last Mac, 2015 was the peak) via our shared server in the study.
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2. Spooky23 ◴[13 Aug 20 23:33 UTC] No.24151143[source]▶
My kids and their friends have PS4s, Switches, iOS, Mac, PC.

There’s bullshit with each platform. PS4 can play, but not with servers, Mac can do Java, nothing else can but PC, etc.