Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store
by Bombthecat on Friday August 14, 2020 @01:18AM
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I expect an elic store on android soon.. And they might have a chance! Fortnite will pull in a lot of people!
Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store
by virgilp on Friday August 14, 2020 @01:54AM
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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.
Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store
by lern_too_spel on Friday August 14, 2020 @02:24AM
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Unfortunately, the Play Store has a policy that prevents publishers from distributing competing app stores via the Play Store.
Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store
by virgilp on Friday August 14, 2020 @11:05AM
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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).
Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store
by throwaway6000 on Friday August 14, 2020 @12:45AM
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How about Epic WRONG?
At least you can get other app stores on Android.