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Re:Apple Disabling 'Sign in with Apple' for Epic Games on Se... by judge2020 on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @03:16PM (#24424709)
The closed ecosystem with essential services is also a closed ecosystem that runs games. It's also millions or billions of peoples' primary gaming device. iPod Touch exists almost solely to play games on.
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Re:Apple Disabling 'Sign in with Apple' for Epic Games on Se... by asddubs on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @03:29PM (#24424861)
yes, but the comparison doesn't go the other way: a game console isn't a general purpose device, nor as important of a utility for the average person as a modern smartphone is.
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Re:Apple Disabling 'Sign in with Apple' for Epic Games on Se... by manicdee on Thursday September 10, 2020 @12:42AM (#24428966)
The only reason for that is that console makers haven't pushed into those personal utility applications.
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Re:Apple Disabling 'Sign in with Apple' for Epic Games on Se... by pjmlp on Thursday September 10, 2020 @08:46AM (#24431774)
Sure it is, I can run Skype and Web applications on the XBox, alongside plenty of other stuff on the store.
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