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Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store by winter_blue on Thursday August 13, 2020 @05:39PM (#24149708)
> I actually agree with not allowing external payment processors on these (and mobile) platforms, especially for games where the audience is frequently naive kids.

I'm assuming you would also want to prohibit these "naive kids" from ever browsing the Internet too, am I right?

(Since there are plenty of website that accept payments through a variety of payment processors?)

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Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store by muststopmyths on Thursday August 13, 2020 @05:52PM (#24149890)
How about instead, say, a site like Amazon letting 3rd party vendors hook in their own payment systems ?

would you really be in favor of that and see that as a good thing for the general public ?

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Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store by nightski on Thursday August 13, 2020 @06:15PM (#24150203)
There is a difference between a web site you visit and a general purpose computer which you purchase. I'm all for the freedom of using apps not officially distributed/approved by Apple. They can still be sandboxed and use the same APIs. But they should be allowed to use whatever payment service they want.
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