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Google may have missed a great PR opp here.

• therealmarv 6y ago
  exactly! Now is the chance for them to show how much better they are than Apple.
• SquareWheel 6y ago
  I'm sure they weighed that against setting a precedent that developers can sidestep their 30% cut. The income was probably considered more valuable than the PR.
  • dragonwriter 6y ago
    > I'm sure they weighed that against setting a precedent that developers can sidestep their 30% cut That precedent is being set anyway, the Epic Games store still exists on Android, and you can get Fortnite through it, and this dispute can't do anything but bring more attention to that fact. Of course, that kind of does show a way in which they are better for devs and consumers than Apple, since dispute over store terms with devs are less of a total barrier to delivering/selling (for devs) or getting access to (for consumers) apps on the platform.
• james412 6y ago
  Who is to say Google were actually responsible for delisting the app? Epic possibly could have done it as another leg of this campaign