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Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store

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1704 points ardit33 | 8 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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rvz ◴[13 Aug 20 20:13 UTC] No.24148127[source]▶
Even worse. Imagine if the World Wide Web was not open and you had to go through a closed WWW like AOL and websites were "under review" by the providers and would take a 30% cut of your revenues or clicks on your web app or subscription service and websites require going only through that provider.

Thank goodness that wasn't the case.

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Seirdy ◴[13 Aug 20 20:15 UTC] No.24148178[source]▶
It could be the case if AMP grows dominant; given the market share of Google Search, it could be enough to create a controlled (er, "curated") web in a similar spirit.
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1. Ziggy_Zaggy ◴[13 Aug 20 22:33 UTC] No.24150405[source]▶
Ppl still use Google for searches?

Mind.blown.

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2. sweatpants ◴[13 Aug 20 22:39 UTC] No.24150484[source]▶
I have DDG as my search portal, and pretty much every single search is followed by another with !g on it. The results are terrible. So please recommend something better.
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3. scarface74 ◴[13 Aug 20 22:43 UTC] No.24150528[source]▶
Yes and people still watch TV.

Did you think your feigned ignorance was insightful? Google has 86% market share.

4. Covzire ◴[14 Aug 20 01:29 UTC] No.24152139[source]▶
I've been trying to use DDG for over a year now and it's not all roses either. Very frequent !g's.

Overall it feels a little bit like self-flagellation which I'm hoping is for the greater good, that DDG's algo will improve with use and eventually I won't need !g anymore.

Maybe DDG needs a browser extension that let's you seamlessly provide feedback with every !g to teach them what you were actually looking for.

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5. just-ok ◴[14 Aug 20 02:21 UTC] No.24152470{3}[source]▶
At the very least, you could use !s (for StartPage) to get Google’s results without the tracking.
6. ezconnect ◴[14 Aug 20 02:25 UTC] No.24152498[source]▶
My experience is DDG results are ok, I only use g! on porn searches sometimes. I dont miss google search at all.
7. fooker ◴[14 Aug 20 02:41 UTC] No.24152613{3}[source]▶
>Maybe DDG needs a browser extension that let's you seamlessly provide feedback with every !g to teach them what you were actually looking for.

You are calling it seamlessly providing feedback because it is DDG. If this was about Google or Facebook, it could have sounded closer to 'tracking users'.

8. sweatpants ◴[17 Aug 20 22:12 UTC] No.24192842{3}[source]▶
Yup, I hate DDG at this point. While having it as my main search on every browser/device. If there are better alternatives I'd love to know about them.