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After a lengthy legal battle and billion-dollar loss, 'Fortnite' is back on iOS (appleinsider.com)

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[-] [email protected] 46 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, I know, Fortnite bad, but this is a big deal. The way we got here is often embarrassing, but this is a major step toward tearing down walled garden ecosystems.

[+] [email protected] -43 points 2 weeks ago

I mean.......do we want to tear it down?

Apple is apple. They don't make false claims about how walled off they are.

Android is android. And for people who want to strip out all the google stuff, you can. And you can use F-Droid exclusively.

But look at the typical apple user. Do you think they're going to be happy without the apple experience?

Some things are for you, other things are NOT for you. Letting both exist is an option.

[-] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago

But look at the typical apple user. Do you think they're going to be happy without the apple experience?

Oh my God, they're going to have to make decisions for themselves!? The horror!

[-] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, we want to tear it down. This is a company that was taking a revenue share of any purchase made on their device, whether or not they incurred a cost in facilitating it. It's universally bad for consumers. It's why game prices on consoles don't have competition like they do on PC, and it's responsible for consumers feeling lock-in to an ecosystem, feeling as though they can't respond to a bad product by moving to the competitor.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

by moving to the competitor

That's where I am with the Xbox. I'm pretty happy with it and don't want to switch over, but the massive digital catalogue I've accrued would make me really hesitant if they start shitting it up.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

It helps that it's trending towards being a pre-built PC more and more, and I do think that will help in some regard. If the PC and Xbox versions are able to be the same, then dev costs go down, and you get a pretty solid idea of what a good lower-to-mid tier spec PC can do and optimize for that. It also would hopefully mean that more and more catalog becomes playable on PC, but who knows how far back that would go. Maybe Microsoft would make an emulator that you log-in to for access to 360-onward games? May be extreme wishful thinking there tho lol

[-] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago

I mean.......do we want to tear it down?

Pretty sure we do.

Some things are for you, other things are NOT for you. Letting both exist is an option.

So you agree it's good Fortnite now exists on iOS? Apple users get more options?

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Apple is apple. They don't make false claims about how walled off they are.

That's doesn't make it a good thing.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Don't let "perfect" be the enemy of "good"

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Especially when Apple is the one who dictates what is "perfect".

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

But look at the typical apple user. Do you think they're going to be happy without the apple experience?

The Apple experience = locked down devices? If people (and Apple) stopped fearmongering about “security” or whatever, yeah they would, or at worst they wouldn’t care. I’d certainly welcome being able to publish apps on my terms, and being able to install what I want.

Some things are for you, other things are NOT for you. Letting both exist is an option.

That’s exactly the point. You don’t have to use the parts of a theoretical more open ecosystem if you don’t want to, you can keep using exclusively the official Apple stuff. But it creates more choice for the user if it exists.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

With switch emulation possible via StikDebug and now this

It’s just W after W against Apple and I’m all for it

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Nice! Now I can play an old game at 4fps and drain my 100% charged battery in 6 minutes!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

This iai going to be as drawn out as the SCO thing isnt it

Or maybe more like the Jarndyce v Jarndyce in Dicken's Bleak House

[-] [email protected] -4 points 2 weeks ago

Isn't this news like 4 months old or something?

[-] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago

No, Epic just recently won the court case against Apple. The Epic submitted this game to the App Store after winning, but Apple didn’t approve or reject it.

Epic then brought another court case against Apple for not approving their app and now, without going to court, the app is back on the App Store.

[-] [email protected] -3 points 2 weeks ago

Its recurring news going back multiple years at this point. And probably into the future.

this post was submitted on 20 May 2025

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