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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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0xy ◴[14 Aug 20 03:37 UTC] No.24153018[source]▶
A PR stunt that consumers and small businesses could benefit from. 30% decimates indie studios and makes some apps fiscally nonviable.
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briandear ◴[14 Aug 20 03:42 UTC] No.24153052[source]▶
Has it decimated an indie studio? Just curious as to what studios have been decimated.
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tommymachine ◴[14 Aug 20 03:44 UTC] No.24153068[source]▶
Technically they’ve been triple-decimating everyone, since to decimate is to kill one tenth of
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ascorbic ◴[14 Aug 20 04:15 UTC] No.24153290[source]▶
In Latin, sure, but not in English. It's meant "kill or destroy a large proportion" for centuries. Wait til you hear about "December"
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1. staunch ◴[14 Aug 20 04:20 UTC] No.24153326{6}[source]▶
Soon we will be told that a century cannot refer to a 100 year period but only a unit of Roman soldiers. The list of words that no longer mean what they once did is very long and it's lame (and wrong) to "correct" people like this.
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2. tommymachine ◴[14 Aug 20 04:32 UTC] No.24153425[source]▶
A century can only refer to 100 miles ridden by bicycle