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Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store

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1704 points ardit33 | 1 comments | 13 Aug 20 19:03 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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ProAm ◴[13 Aug 20 20:29 UTC] No.24148467[source]▶
Who's device is it? Apple's or the customer that paid for it in full?
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coldcode ◴[13 Aug 20 20:52 UTC] No.24148922[source]▶
The device may be yours but the App Store belongs to Apple. Can you walk into a Walmart and start selling your stuff?
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1. pornel ◴[13 Aug 20 22:00 UTC] No.24149993[source]▶
The problem is that "my" device is not allowed have non-Apple App Store.

If Apple allowed others to create App Stores, then there would be no problem, but hardware + iOS + App Store are inseparable.

It's like U.S. citizenship forbidding non-Walmart shopping.