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apple is in an active lawsuit with one the biggest gaming companies in the world. fortnite hasn’t been available on apple devices in 2 years. if they really cared they wouldn’t have shut down one of the most popular games of today from their devices

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This comment doesn't make sense to me. Epic broke one of the major tenets of their contract with Apple. Apple faced losing a significant revenue stream if Epic's efforts were allowed to continue. In particular, since they intend to use the same model for future devices in other verticals, they would have also lost out on a simply colossal amount of future revenue.

The business case on this was a slam dunk. Other companies running virtual product stores with similar terms would have done the same irrespective of how popular Epic's products were.

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