Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store

Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store by tommymachine on Thursday August 13, 2020 @09:23PM (#24152104)

Beyond the obvious difference that Microsoft has a monopoly marketshare on PCs, and Apple has a minority marketshare of mobile devices, mobile devices are categorically different because they are always with you. This generates a whole different slew of concerns around privacy and apps being able to access your information with or without your consent.

By maintaining control over which apps can be sold to end users via the App Store, Apple is able to offer a layer of control over how these apps can access (or not) your personal data.

There's nothing ridiculous about wanting to maintain data privacy/security on mobile devices, and that being of a higher priority with mobile than with a PC.

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Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store by harikb on Thursday August 13, 2020 @09:30PM (#24152149)

That is the same argument that could have been applied to any one of the controversial tech monopoly issue before

Wouldn’t MS want to secure its laptops by bundling a browser?

Wouldn’t I have equally private and financial documents on a PC? location/gps can’t be that much of a differentiator.

It is monopoly bullying whoever they can. They just happen to not directly affect us, unless we happen to be a developer making lot of money or compete with apple in any way.

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Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store by tommymachine on Thursday August 13, 2020 @09:43PM (#24152236)

Kids take their phones with them everywhere. Location tracking is a huge differentiator between mobile/pc. Front & rear facing cameras are another.

I am an app developer for iOS. It does directly affect me.

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