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Fortnite returns to iPhone app store in US, ending exile imposed by Apple
(www.theguardian.com)
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this post was submitted on 25 May 2025
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Android users do not need an app store to install apps onto their devices. Apple not only requires it, but only offers their own storefront and if i remember correctly, they take about 30% of all sales. Companies used to get around that by redirecting customers to a website that doesn't use the app store to make purchases. Apple then banned those apps from their store making them no longer available to iPhone users. This has nothing to do with allowing people to install incompatible applications on apple devices.