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Re:Apple Terminates Epic Games' Developer Account by Causality1 on Friday August 28, 2020 @10:21PM (#24312775)
A game console is not a general-purpose computer.
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Re:Apple Terminates Epic Games' Developer Account by yladiz on Friday August 28, 2020 @10:25PM (#24312800)
What is the definition of "general purpose computer"?
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Re:Apple Terminates Epic Games' Developer Account by Causality1 on Friday August 28, 2020 @10:35PM (#24312865)
One that is advertised as not constrained to a single genre of use. Game consoles are for entertainment. Consumption. That's why I can say "game console" and you know exactly what I'm talking about. Smartphones are for anything and everything. "There's an app for that."
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Re:Apple Terminates Epic Games' Developer Account by uberduper on Saturday August 29, 2020 @01:49AM (#24313931)
I can make calls from my xbox. I can create and upload content. Check the weather...
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Re:Apple Terminates Epic Games' Developer Account by JiNCMG on Saturday August 29, 2020 @12:58AM (#24313683)
Not a legal classification.
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Re:Apple Terminates Epic Games' Developer Account by Causality1 on Saturday August 29, 2020 @04:47AM (#24314710)
I'm making a moral argument, not a legal one. Legally Apple can do whatever they want and I give Epic's lawsuit a very low chance of doing anything at all.
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Re:Apple Terminates Epic Games' Developer Account by sagichmal on Saturday August 29, 2020 @09:06AM (#24315810)
Neither are phones.
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