How Apple’s walled garden protects ICE
TL;DR
The Trump administration's move to remove ICE-tracking apps from Apple's App Store is linked to Epic Games' lawsuits over Fortnite V-Bucks, highlighting unintended legal consequences.
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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 …