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Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store

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1704 points ardit33 | 6 comments | 13 Aug 20 19:03 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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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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1. jogu ◴[13 Aug 20 22:30 UTC] No.24150371[source]▶
For now that's the case, but since the introduction of GateKeeper Apple is slowly but surely trending the default configurations to make it more and more difficult to run software source outside of their own app store.

I believe the defaults now extend to software sourced outside of the app store must still be notarized by Apple. This impacts developers more than consumers I would guess, but certainly requires more effort from developers to create and distribute software.

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2. scarface74 ◴[13 Aug 20 22:52 UTC] No.24150641[source]▶
People have been saying that for a decade.
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3. CountHackulus ◴[13 Aug 20 23:13 UTC] No.24150872[source]▶
People have been talking about climate change for a decade, doesn't mean they're not right.
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4. scarface74 ◴[13 Aug 20 23:18 UTC] No.24150945{3}[source]▶
Well, we have 36 years of evidence that the Mac will not be App Store only and none that it will be.
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5. fsociety ◴[13 Aug 20 23:36 UTC] No.24151182{4}[source]▶
So basically you’ve seen white swans for 36 years therefore all swans are white? Apple is an evolving company and much different than it was 36 years ago.
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6. scarface74 ◴[13 Aug 20 23:41 UTC] No.24151254{5}[source]▶
Yes because 36 years ago, Apple wasn’t a vertically integrated company that made its own hardware and operating system that it sold at a premium....