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Google Bad, Apple Worse. At least you can get other app stores on Android.

• throwaway6000 6y ago
  How about Epic WRONG?
• Bombthecat 6y ago
  I expect an elic store on android soon.. And they might have a chance! Fortnite will pull in a lot of people!
  • virgilp 6y ago
    That's an interesting question. Couldn't they distribute a "Fortnite loader" through Play store? Since Fortnite is free-to-play, the loader wouldn't charge anything, so it wouldn't technically violate any policy. Seems like an interesting workaround to avoid giving Google the paycut.
    • lern_too_spel 6y ago
      Unfortunately, the Play Store has a policy that prevents publishers from distributing competing app stores via the Play Store.
      • virgilp 6y ago
        But what if you distribute "Fortnite"? Free to play, no premium functionality, free "upgrade" - except that the upgrade is from outside the app store. And once you get it, you can start paying for stuff. I don't think this qualifies as "an app store", since it's not an app store/ you can't download other applications from it (just the premium version of this one).