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Your iPhone copy of Fortnite is about to become worthless

Accepted submission by Freeman at 2020-08-26 16:52:58 from the just business dept.
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Freeman [soylentnews.org] writes:

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/08/your-iphone-copy-of-fortnite-is-about-to-become-worthless/ [arstechnica.com]

Since Apple pulled Fortnite down from the iOS App Store [arstechnica.com] earlier this month, some eBay users have apparently paid thousands of dollars for iPhones that had a playable, pre-installed copy of the game.
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Fortnite will finally be fully unplayable on iOS devices starting Thursday. Android users will still be able to install and play the latest update by downloading it directly from Epic [epicgames.com] or from The Samsung Galaxy Store [samsung.com] on compatible devices.

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