Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store

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1704 points ardit33 | 2 comments | 13 Aug 20 19:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source

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nouveaux ◴[13 Aug 20 22:42 UTC] No.24150515[source]▶

For those who are arguing that Apple should allow third party developers to have their own marketplace without Apple taking a cut, should:

- Ebay allow for a third party marketplace to exist without them getting a cut?

-PayPal, chase, stripe allow third party developers to offer up their own payment services without the respective companies take a cut?

Also by the same token, Amazon is a monopoly by taking a percentage fee and should allow competitors to sell on their platform without taking a listing fee. Is this not the same thing?

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1. kcb ◴[13 Aug 20 22:51 UTC] No.24150624[source]▶

>>24150515 #

Hardware/OS != Software/App/Website

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2. nouveaux ◴[13 Aug 20 23:00 UTC] No.24150716[source]▶

>>24150624 (TP) #

I would agree with you except this is not what the lawsuit is about. It's very clearly about Epic Games ability to sell things without going through Apple in the App Store.

If the lawsuit is about installing any software you want on iOS, then you are right and my analogy is faulty.

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