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Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store

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1704 points ardit33 | 5 comments | 13 Aug 20 19:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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cromwellian ◴[13 Aug 20 22:30 UTC] No.24150372[source]▶
"iPhone/iPad is a console"

A $1000+ device with a moniker "Pro" is not a console. If you're trying to sell me the concept that something is "Pro" to be used for work, and can even replace a laptop, don't try to tell me its equivalent to a games console.

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1. pb7 ◴[13 Aug 20 22:33 UTC] No.24150410[source]▶
https://www.playstation.com/en-us/explore/ps4-pro/

"Pro" means absolutely nothing. It is a marketing label. Also the price means nothing. What's $1,000 (iPad Pro) to you is $500 (PS4 Pro) to me.

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2. cromwellian ◴[13 Aug 20 23:04 UTC] No.24150766[source]▶
So Apple isn't pitching the iPad Pro as a laptop replacement, and is instead pitching it as a games console?

Funny, I seem to member the announcements, and Apple showing iPhone Pro's shooting movies, doing professional photography, video editing, etc.

This this a game console? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7krzWNOXrFY

Gimme a break. Rent-seeking behavior dressed up in a security credit.

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3. pb7 ◴[13 Aug 20 23:23 UTC] No.24151006[source]▶
What do games consoles have to do with this? I'm showing you a similar walled garden app ecosystem (PlayStation) with a "Pro" label since you went down that path. iPad doesn't have to be a games console to be subject to the same rules.
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4. cromwellian ◴[14 Aug 20 01:09 UTC] No.24152021{3}[source]▶
Tim Cook and many of the Apple bloggers are using the console analogy to defend a closed walled garden App Store that takes an extremely high fee. Tim Cook brought it up in his congressional testimony even.
5. whywhywhywhy ◴[14 Aug 20 14:59 UTC] No.24158764{3}[source]▶
Out of interest why do you think it's ok to lock the iPad Pro down and not the MacBook Pro?

What's the difference between those devices that makes one ok the other not?