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Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store by jogu on Thursday August 13, 2020 @06:30PM (#24150371)
For now that's the case, but since the introduction of GateKeeper Apple is slowly but surely trending the default configurations to make it more and more difficult to run software source outside of their own app store.

I believe the defaults now extend to software sourced outside of the app store must still be notarized by Apple. This impacts developers more than consumers I would guess, but certainly requires more effort from developers to create and distribute software.

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Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store by scarface74 on Thursday August 13, 2020 @06:52PM (#24150641)
People have been saying that for a decade.
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Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store by CountHackulus on Thursday August 13, 2020 @07:13PM (#24150872)
People have been talking about climate change for a decade, doesn't mean they're not right.
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Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store by scarface74 on Thursday August 13, 2020 @07:18PM (#24150945)
Well, we have 36 years of evidence that the Mac will not be App Store only and none that it will be.
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Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store by fsociety on Thursday August 13, 2020 @07:36PM (#24151182)
So basically you’ve seen white swans for 36 years therefore all swans are white? Apple is an evolving company and much different than it was 36 years ago.
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Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store by scarface74 on Thursday August 13, 2020 @07:41PM (#24151254)
Yes because 36 years ago, Apple wasn’t a vertically integrated company that made its own hardware and operating system that it sold at a premium....
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