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> It's their app store, their user base There’s only one app store for Apple device and Apple fought tooth nails to ban jailbreking and forbidding any other ap
by hrktb 7y ago
> It's their app store, their user base
There’s only one app store for Apple device and Apple fought tooth nails to ban jailbreking and forbidding any other app store like system.
There’s only one extensive app store for android and Google forced it down the throat of any maker that wanted Google’s service libraries which tons of apps learned to rely on.
Platform owners have been playing dirty in a lot of aspects, I think it’s game for service owners to find workarounds or get out of paying a cut to Apple or Google.
- scarface74 7y agoHow is this different from the console manufacturers? Yes even when you buy a physical disk the console maker get a cut.
- hrktb 7y agoIn principle consoles are not different, and lawyers looking at Apple/Google stores are also wondering what impact would a ruling in this field have on consoles as well. I think nobody goes after consoles for now because there is no big enough business case getting hurt, and they’re kind of grandfathered in people’s perception.
- zamazingo 7y ago> There’s only one extensive app store for android This is incorrect. F-droid is quite extensive.
- arantius 7y agoAccording to WikiPedia ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mobile_app_distribution_platforms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mobile_app_distributio... ): Google Play: 3.5 million apps App Store: 2.2 million apps F-Droid: 1,878 Several orders of magnitude off.