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Re:Steve Jobs: Let's force Amazon to use our payment system ... by GeekyBear on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @03:35PM (#28543388)
One of the interesting things to come out of the Fortnight trial was that Nintendo and Sony did not allow you to spend V-Bucks bought off of their platform (where they didn't take a cut), while Apple allowed it.

So there are more ruthless companies out there.

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Re:Steve Jobs: Let's force Amazon to use our payment system ... by kmeisthax on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @05:38PM (#28544703)
Console manufacturers are way more ruthless than even that. Sony locked your entire Fortnite account if you logged into it on PS4; and wouldn't let you even play with Xbox players. Even now, if you sell a cross-play game on PS4, and too many people buy microtransactions on Xbox, you owe Sony money.
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