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akaij | 1 year ago

> I'm still waiting for the damn iPhone to be the gaming platform they promised over a decade ago.

They have a different definition of gaming than we do. The games they're interested in are the ones with in-app purchases.

Except the design department, "good enough" is their motto for everything. "iPhone is the most popular gaming device" and "iPhone is the most popular camera" are two technically correct statements that don't sit right with me, but that's just me.

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GeekyBear|1 year ago

> The games they're interested in are the ones with in-app purchases.

Apple literally pays developers of mobile games an up front premium to strip out all the Skinner Box nonsense and create an Apple Arcade version of their app.

akaij|1 year ago

So that they can sell a service?