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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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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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telesilla ◴[13 Aug 20 21:27 UTC] No.24149523[source]▶
This will become impossible in future releases.
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blkhp19 ◴[13 Aug 20 21:33 UTC] No.24149611{3}[source]▶
Simply not true. What is your source?
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bencollier49 ◴[13 Aug 20 21:39 UTC] No.24149705{4}[source]▶
Pretty sensible speculation. Macs on ARM. Do you think that Macs and IOS will converge? What does the app model look like for the converged platform?
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1. zapzupnz ◴[13 Aug 20 22:24 UTC] No.24150320{5}[source]▶
Not sensible at all. Being on the same processor architecture doesn’t mean the position within the product lineup will magically transform.

Macs and iOS devices do different things for different use cases; their strengths and weaknesses are as much tied into their hardware design as software. People love Macs because of what they can do; Apple, too.

Apple couldn’t force people to use the Mac App Store even if it wanted, knowing how few of the biggest Mac apps outside of the larger software companies (Apple, Microsoft, Adobe, etc) actually distribute with it.

The only convergence we will see is the ability to run iOS apps on macOS, and even then that is merely a stopgap effort; any iOS apps that want to truly make the transition to the Mac will be updated as Catalyst apps. Catalyst apps are Mac apps through and through, despite their use of iOS’ UIKit.

See also: speculation in The mid-00s that Apple would drop Mac OS X for Windows during the Intel transition. It was just as devoid of factual basis then as fear-mongered “sensible speculation” is today.