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How Apple’s walled garden protects ICE

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Of all the strange, unintended consequences stemming from major lawsuits, I never thought that the Trump administration’s power to force Apple to remove ICE-tracking mobile apps from its stores could have been connected to a legal battle over Fortnite V-Bucks.

Yes, we are talking about the in-game digital currency that Fortnite players can use to buy taco hats and trending zoomer dance emotes for their avatars. Yes, they’re the ones you can purchase as gift cards at CVS for a 9-year-old’s emergency birthday gift. But at one point, they were the subject of two major lawsuits filed by developer Epic Games, a …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Original Source: https://www.theverge.com/column/803693/ice-epic-games-apple-app-store

Original Source: https://www.theverge.com/column/803693/ice-epic-games-apple-app-store

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