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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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andreasley ◴[13 Aug 20 20:37 UTC] No.24148645[source]▶
Epic Games has filed a lawsuit [1] and published a Fortnite-themed parody of Apple's "1984" [2] to get some publicity for it.

[1] https://cdn2.unrealengine.com/apple-complaint-734589783.pdf

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euiSHuaw6Q4

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ulfw ◴[14 Aug 20 03:23 UTC] No.24152926[source]▶
A PR stunt from Epic and everyone's falling for it.
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1. 5cott0 ◴[14 Aug 20 04:19 UTC] No.24153321[source]▶
Everyone fell for the Hey! stunt too what do you expect?
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2. m11a ◴[14 Aug 20 19:49 UTC] No.24162437[source]▶
I think the difference there is that Basecamp really is a small player compared to Apple, and it's bootstrapped. DHH's parade was a little tiring but he at least had a reasonable 'moral leg' to stand on. Epic Games doesn't even come close to that.