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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: 0.371s | 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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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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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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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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1. cromwellian ◴[14 Aug 20 01:09 UTC] No.24152021[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.