Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store

Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store by wmichelin on Friday August 14, 2020 @12:19AM (#24153322)

I'm right with you. This is much worse than what Microsoft got in trouble for many years ago. They know what they're doing in wrong and I sure hope Epic gets their day in court.

It's predatory and anti-consumer. Apple can eat shit.

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Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store by throwaway6000 on Friday August 14, 2020 @12:34AM (#24153455)

Fortnite for Android just got axed from the Google Play Store too https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/13/fortnite-android-google-ki...

Oops! Apple Bad, Google Good? ;)

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Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store by mytherin on Friday August 14, 2020 @12:48AM (#24153602)

Both bad. Android may allow side-loading a bit easier than Apple, but the Play store is still a large monopoly on Android. It comes pre-installed on basically every device and is the de-facto way of installing software there. Side loading requires the user to click past a bunch of scary messages that is not required for apps installed through the Play store.

It is much more difficult to distribute apps from outside the original store when compared with desktop platforms. Changing this would be a good thing for users and developers alike, for both Android and iOS.

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Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store by dannyw on Friday August 14, 2020 @12:43AM (#24153544)

Google Bad, Apple Worse.

At least you can get other app stores on Android.

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Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store by Bombthecat on Friday August 14, 2020 @01:18AM (#24153915)

I expect an elic store on android soon.. And they might have a chance! Fortnite will pull in a lot of people!

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Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store by virgilp on Friday August 14, 2020 @01:54AM (#24154186)

That's an interesting question. Couldn't they distribute a "Fortnite loader" through Play store? Since Fortnite is free-to-play, the loader wouldn't charge anything, so it wouldn't technically violate any policy. Seems like an interesting workaround to avoid giving Google the paycut.

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Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store by lern_too_spel on Friday August 14, 2020 @02:24AM (#24154391)

Unfortunately, the Play Store has a policy that prevents publishers from distributing competing app stores via the Play Store.

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Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store by virgilp on Friday August 14, 2020 @11:05AM (#24158851)

But what if you distribute "Fortnite"? Free to play, no premium functionality, free "upgrade" - except that the upgrade is from outside the app store. And once you get it, you can start paying for stuff. I don't think this qualifies as "an app store", since it's not an app store/ you can't download other applications from it (just the premium version of this one).

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Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store by throwaway6000 on Friday August 14, 2020 @12:45AM (#24153570)

How about Epic WRONG?

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Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store by narrator on Friday August 14, 2020 @02:01AM (#24154229)

On Android, you can download and install the apk directly from Epic Games: https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/mobile/android/get-... You just need to click through a few warning screens and it works fine.

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Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store by aero-glide on Friday August 14, 2020 @02:31AM (#24154436)

But you can just download from the website directly. Android allows you to sideload apps.

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Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store by darthrupert on Friday August 14, 2020 @01:42AM (#24154112)

Apple sort of ok, Google worse, Epic worst. You guys should don't seem to understand what kind of companies these three are.

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