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>The reason customers went with Google Play is simply because it had momentum and scale, and customers don’t want multiple stores. The reason customers went wi
by tpxl 6y ago
>The reason customers went with Google Play is simply because it had momentum and scale, and customers don’t want multiple stores.
The reason customers went with the default is mostly because it's the default. Given the choice, we'd see a lot more competition.
>If someone wanted to develop a better store, with libraries better than ‘play services’, what stops them?
The anti-competitive google behavior where they forbid you to sell any android phone with Google Play if you sell any android phone without it? IIRC there was a lawsuit/fine in EU a few years back regarding this.
- simonh 6y agoYes Google was found in violation of Antitrust regulations and corrected that behaviour. I'm not here to sing Google's praises, but that issue has been resolved. Google only gets to decide what the default store is on Google's own phones. Samsung's phones come by default with their own store for example. Customers only want choice if it gives them value and benefits. Choice without value is confusion and drudgery. A one stop shop that has everything at reasonable prices and vets out the rubbish is, by itself, a good thing for customers. Of course there is scope for abuse, the EU ruling is an example of that, but to me I don't see anything wrong with the basic approach. These are their products, I don't see that anyone else has much of a right to dictate how they design them.