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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: 0s | 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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throwaway927282 ◴[13 Aug 20 22:56 UTC] No.24150680[source]▶
eBay and PayPal both have third party alternatives: simply going to a different website/app.

On iOS your only option is paying Apple $100/yr to do something similar.

A similar thing would be Google Chrome blocking access to PayPal servers because they didn’t get a 10% cut of all transactions.

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nouveaux ◴[13 Aug 20 22:58 UTC] No.24150691[source]▶
The browser is the same exact thing. Apple does not prevent you from using the same banking, shopping, email services through the web.
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1. NorwegianDude ◴[14 Aug 20 01:53 UTC] No.24152299[source]▶
Ofc they do. They have full control over the browser and severely limits functionality compared to every other browser.

But users can just install another browser, right? No, wrong again, cause Apple doesn't allow that. Every browser on iOS is basically safari with a different UI.

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2. mantap ◴[14 Aug 20 09:24 UTC] No.24155692[source]▶
Exactly this. Apple intentionally cripples MobileSafari to push developers to the App Store where they get 30%. They have contrived the whole system so that all roads lead to Apple getting their cut.

No other browser engines. No sideloading. No other app stores. No other payment processors in the App Store. There is no way out of their labyrinth.