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Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store

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1704 points ardit33 | 4 comments | 13 Aug 20 19:03 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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binthere ◴[14 Aug 20 06:15 UTC] No.24154331[source]▶
Simple question to whoever is honestly defending Apple: What if Windows prevented people from installing anything on their computer except from the Microsoft Store. Then Microsoft forced every app to use their payment system and then charged an excessive 30% fee for each transaction. Would you think that's an abusive and illegal practice?
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1. asien ◴[14 Aug 20 06:55 UTC] No.24154633[source]▶
Thats already the case , it’s Windows S.

But you have the choice between regular Windows and Locked down version.

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2. imtringued ◴[14 Aug 20 08:24 UTC] No.24155300[source]▶
Not on ARM. There you only have a choice between Microsoft store apps or emulated x86 applications. You're not going to use Firefox on Windows on ARM unless you download the x86 version which will perform very poorly.
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3. jackbrookes ◴[14 Aug 20 08:59 UTC] No.24155543[source]▶
No, you can run native ARM apps sourced from outside the windows store.
4. whywhywhywhy ◴[14 Aug 20 11:38 UTC] No.24156589[source]▶
Not true here is the download to the exe for Windows Firefox ARM build. Took me 10 seconds to Google it....

https://download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/relea...