Apple has removed Fortnite from its App Store
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cryohellinc
It's still beyond me how this trash game is so popular.
Astyanax
its beyond me how apple hasn't been sued.
itpro
Tech giants like Apple, Google and Microsoft should always have a big piece of your pie, or your whole cake goes to trash can. Talk about legitimate stealing both customers and sellers through their "stores". And you can do nothing.
Toss3
What makes it "trash" exactly?
cryohellinc
Exactly my point!
itpro
Everything is better than minecraft.
KissSh0t
https://i.imgur.com/ERGuJNJ.gif
TheDeeGee
I'm sure Epic knows what they're doing.
They probably had lawyers figuring this out long before they went live with the bypass.
Maybe because a lot of people find it good, and thus keep playing it?
I still play Fortnite on a daily basis, be it Save the World, and not Battle Royale since i don't like PvP.
Andy Watson
How can Apple get away with their store being the only one allowed on their operating system? That sure is the definition of a monopoly?
That should be scrapped for a start.
JAMVA
It has now 😛
https://cdn2.unrealengine.com/apple-complaint-734589783.pdf
And Google over alleged antitrust violations 😎
Scoica
he doesn't like it, so it's trash
huehue
Fender178
I hate to say this but this isn't Apple's fault it is on Epic because they are undermining Apple on Microtransaction sales.
https://www.fanbyte.com/news/epic-and-apple-undergo-public-divorce-after-fortnite-app-store-removal-lawyers-are-involved/
I think Apple should be suing Epic as well for trying to short change them in Microtransaction sales and the same thing applies to Google as well.
Stormyandcold
It's the biggest game in my household and has expanded to including creative mode and other game modes. Only Roblox and Minecraft can even come close (but not really).
I don't play it, but, my boys enjoy it so its no problem for me. They just added cars, which they're loving.
In contrast, I was playing relatively trash games at aged 9.
schmidtbag
I do have to commend Epic for shaking things up for online stores. I'm still not switching over to them, because they're actually kinda anti-Linux (hell, even MS is more supportive of Linux, but I digress) but I do like how they keep screwing with the practices of other major stores.
Should they succeed in their goals though, I won't be surprised if they become the thing they fight.
Did neither of you read the article?
"Epic appeared to know the ban would come, announcing it had filed a legal complaint minutes after the removal."
That doesn't necessarily mean a lawsuit but I'm sure it'll turn into one. Epic seems to know what they're doing.
rm082e
Nothing. It's fine.
I started playing Duos with my son as he's very into the game. It's as unoffensive and simple as you could get while offering a very obvious bell curve of performance. The people who are good at that game are really good, people who play single player shooters like me are okay, and 8 year olds who've never touched a controller before are fodder, just as you would expect. The leveling treadmill and constant rewards are fun, and some of the characters are charming.
From an objective perspective, I get why it's popular.
rl66
Poorly coded, full of bugs (even now that it was released long ago, spend lot of money for only skins, not original, lambda squeleton and design even the dance are not original...
My tall one (15 Yo) think the same... but play it daily... when i ask him "why do you play it then?" he anwser "i don't know, i don't know how to play other game..."
... damn Y generation lol ...
Fender178
Yeah it is a lot of money but it still doesn't give Epic the right to refuse payment.
tsunami231
what exactly did epic think was gona happen when they bypass it? i surprise google isnt in on the sueing of them, cause there both losing profits by they by pass the micro transactions threw there store.
not that care terrible game terrible genra imo, but peoeple seem eat up those shooter type games, that and micro tranastion in game needs to come to end game where so much better before that crap. and dont even get me started on parents that let there 8year old play shooters like this or even CoD.. the whole 8year trash talking kid on halo back in the day is why i hate Chat in online game. and parents the parents that buyand let there kid play games not ment for them.
I can understand DLC for addon content story/missions etc, but not for endless reskins and characters and stuff like that that use to be easter eggs and secrets in games
Denial
They knew it was going to happen - they did it on purpose. They launched a lawsuit immediately after Apple blocked it (literally all this happened yesterday) and had an entire video in the game ready to go that recreates Apple's 1984 commercial:
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[youtube=euiSHuaw6Q4]
tsunami231
yah i know i saw the new yesterday and i was like "what did they think was gona happen" again i surprised google didnt do the same, but from what I reading google kicked them off too
