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by Zr40 2056 days ago
Except that playing Fortnite isn't the thing that's being disallowed. It just happened to contain an in-app purchase system that did not use the Apple-approved method, and Fortnite's developers refused to remove that.

Apple has always clearly stated that this is perfectly fine on websites, just not in apps.

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> Except that playing Fortnite isn't the thing that's being disallowed

Alright, and fortnite is now going to be playable with in web browser purchases, on the safari web browser pretty soon.

So the purchases, without going through Apple, are going to happen on the iPhone, as well as the playing of fortnite on the iPhone.

And Apple would have to prevent certain websites, if they wanted to stop those purchases that go outside of Apple's app system.