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Re:Apple removes Fortnite from App Store after Epic attempts... by lliamander on Thursday August 13, 2020 @05:25PM (#24149488)
That's a software limitation, not a hardware limitation. An iPhone is also a general purpose computer that is limited (to a lesser extent ) by the software.
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Re:Apple removes Fortnite from App Store after Epic attempts... by dathinab on Thursday August 13, 2020 @05:35PM (#24149643)
Sure what they have in common is:

- A general purpose hardware with specific less general purpose hardware extensions.

Where they differ:

- By default allowing "mostly" any legal kind of software, but then putting absurd constraints on it.

- By default only allowing games and some multimedia and maybe then putting absurd constraints on it (maybe because idk tbh).

I.e. even with apples constraints iOs operates as a general purpose platform while XBox/PS5/Switch do not.

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