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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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fernandotakai ◴[13 Aug 20 21:33 UTC] No.24149626[source]▶
can you imagine the same argument but on a computer?

you buy a macbook and now you can't install ANY software that is not on the macOS appstore. oh! and you can't install a different OS.

would you accept that? what's the difference?

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1. ntsplnkv2 ◴[13 Aug 20 22:07 UTC] No.24150085[source]▶
This is a slippery slope argument.

I don't get mad at Casio because I can't hack the circuit board and change the time easily to 24hr - I buy a watch that supports it.

This is a free market solvable problem. The issue is people like the app store. The ones mad about this are software companies - because they want more money for themselves.

The use of the consumer is just appeal to emotion - but it's really about Epic ripping off another kid for vbucks and getting more money.