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> Google doesn't do that because that would be an abuse of their market position and they would get rinsed in the courts. Are you sure that Google doesn't do t
by baddox 6y ago
> Google doesn't do that because that would be an abuse of their market position and they would get rinsed in the courts.
Are you sure that Google doesn't do that because the Android platform is an extremely viable and lucrative alternative to iPhones, and that people who value the ability to sideload software on their smartphones flock to Android for precisely this reason?
- mantap 6y agoWhether they want to or not is beside the point, which is to consider whether it would be anticompetitive for Google to ban other app stores from Android. As far as I can see, what distinguishes Apple from Google is status quo. Apple never did allow app distribution other than through the Apple App Store. i.e. "We've always been doing it"
- baddox 6y ago> which is to consider whether it would be anticompetitive for Google to ban other app stores from Android That's what I'm getting at. Is it anticompetitive to deliberately make your product worse by removing a key differentiator between your product and its closest competitor? Or come at it from another angle: would it be "anticompetitive" for Apple to (in new iPhones) completely remove the App Store and thus all reasonable expectation to be able to run third-party software? Is it anticompetitive to sell a handheld computer than can do email, play music and videos, etc., but not run third-party software?