Apple removes Fortnite from App Store after Epic attempts to bypass fees

Re:Apple removes Fortnite from App Store after Epic attempts... by Tehnix on Thursday August 13, 2020 @04:06PM (#24148007)

Actually, that’s not correct about gas stations.

Having worked at one, we would check the prices of the two others on the same road once every hour. These numbers were reported into HQ, and a price adjustment would be made to be lower.

It’s very competitive and people are willing to drive or wait until a different time of day to get a lower price.

EDIT: Maybe I should have said: that’s at least not the case everywhere.

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Re:Apple removes Fortnite from App Store after Epic attempts... by Kinrany on Thursday August 13, 2020 @04:12PM (#24148105)

The question is, would you also adjust the price when the others increased their prices?

If a store knows that the other store will raise their price in response, they can collude without an explicit agreement.

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Re:Apple removes Fortnite from App Store after Epic attempts... by kayfox on Thursday August 13, 2020 @05:44PM (#24149779)

Some states in the United States limit the number of times a week a gas station can change their prices.

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Re:Apple removes Fortnite from App Store after Epic attempts... by kevin_thibedeau on Thursday August 13, 2020 @04:13PM (#24148131)

This isn't practical without an electronic sign.

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Re:Apple removes Fortnite from App Store after Epic attempts... by wnoise on Thursday August 13, 2020 @06:32PM (#24150395)

It's quite practical. Takes a few minutes at most to change by hand.

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Re:Apple removes Fortnite from App Store after Epic attempts... by Tehnix on Thursday August 13, 2020 @04:32PM (#24148546)

In all the parts of the world I’ve been in, I’ve never seen a gas station without an electronic sign?

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Re:Apple removes Fortnite from App Store after Epic attempts... by khuey on Thursday August 13, 2020 @05:26PM (#24149517)

You must be pretty young then.

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Re:Apple removes Fortnite from App Store after Epic attempts... by jeffrallen on Thursday August 13, 2020 @04:42PM (#24148736)

You might enjoy a trip to Aru, in eastern DR Congo. The gas pumps were run off of a gas generator!

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Re:Apple removes Fortnite from App Store after Epic attempts... by kevin_thibedeau on Thursday August 13, 2020 @05:13PM (#24149296)

You only have to travel to third world countries like USA.

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Re:Apple removes Fortnite from App Store after Epic attempts... by boogies on Thursday August 13, 2020 @08:40PM (#24151816)

I don’t have downvote yet and you’re tempting me to flag you. The US is a vast and diverse country with plenty of areas that aren’t homogeneously Liechtenstein rich but it’s far from any widely-established definition of a third world country.

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Re:Apple removes Fortnite from App Store after Epic attempts... by andybak on Thursday August 13, 2020 @06:28PM (#24150356)

Pumps? In Cambodia and parts of India I saw plenty of gas "stations" that consisted of rows of repurposed plastic water bottles.

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