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It stopped being Big Brother's platform when they sold their first phone to a consumer.

• Godel_unicode 6y ago
  Except it didn't. People wish that this was true, for lots of freedom related reasons. But it's not. The proof is pretty clear in the situation we're seeing now; if you actually controlled your iPhone, you and Epic could decide not to involve Apple. You cannot do that.
  • NoPicklez 6y ago
    Well how do you define how much control is enough? You can still download Fortnite and put it on your device, just through the app store. If every Tom, Dick and Harry could setup an app store for the iPhone, this doesn't necessarily give me more control. It might mean I am then forced to use the Epic platform for all Epic related products. Now how do I know that Epic have appropriately vetted their application? What if they start producing applications for the iPhone which are terrible? This is a big problem on the Google store whereby plenty of the apps are rubbish.
    • Godel_unicode 6y ago
      > You can still download Fortnite I invite you to read even the headline of the article this thread is about.
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