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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: 0.217s | 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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nojs ◴[13 Aug 20 21:06 UTC] No.24149163[source]▶
I fear that macOS is going this way. The amount of hoops to jump through to run third party apps seems to grow with every release.
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blkhp19 ◴[13 Aug 20 21:13 UTC] No.24149291[source]▶
You literally just right click and open. Hardly a hoop.
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nojs ◴[13 Aug 20 21:17 UTC] No.24149357[source]▶
Right, until the app needs to access a file, change a setting or do any number of other things.
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blkhp19 ◴[13 Aug 20 21:31 UTC] No.24149590[source]▶
Is clicking allow when it asks to access your documents folder that crazy? Is that really a hoop not worth jumping through? Those prompts show up after a clean install and on occasion when you install a new app. Those same prompts prevent you from giving ransomware access to your whole FS.
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1. ptx ◴[13 Aug 20 22:24 UTC] No.24150319[source]▶
You seem to be arguing against each other without being in disagreement. They pointed out that there is a growing number of hoops and you replied, essentially, that the first hoop is fine and the second hoop is justified.

Perhaps the hoops are fine and reasonable. That doesn't change the fact that hoops are being added.