Epic Games and Microsoft bring Fortnite to iOS via the browser

I find this to be an excellent demonstration of the freedom of the web in the face of overwhelming resistance from Apple, and have editorialized the title to reflect that.

I love it too.

It does make me sad when the web either: a. gets used as a thin client, ignoring the user agent, or b. otherwise eskews html when suitable.

This particular case is quite understandable. Porting Fortnite to webgpu/webgl & running it on the device might actually be possible, but performamce might not be good enough & it prpbably wpuld tax betteries as much as/more than screen streaming.

No protest here. But it does touch quite deep into a subject of unease. The web so far still bestows significant power to the client. A future where we undo that is possible & horrifying. Flutter's CanvasKit is one example of such an abomination casually corrupting the web.

This is huge. The web is clearly the alternative to the walled garden app stores, and Epic is clearly realizing the potential via this partnership with Microsoft.

I'd go as far as to wager that any "metaverse" will be browser-based, enabling anyone, anytime, anywhere, to access it without middlemen interference and 30% taxes.

Well played