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Epic explains why game consoles don’t have sideloading.

Mickens, prompted by Epic’s attorney, says the Switch, PlayStation and Xbox gaming devices — not general purpose computers like an Android phone — and that game consoles are often sold at a loss, making their money back on software, so there’s an economic reason to lock them down.

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