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> Getting kicked out of a mom and pop shop isn’t going to end my business. And it would be a poor business model if it were capable of ending your business, no
by 52-6F-62 6y ago
> Getting kicked out of a mom and pop shop isn’t going to end my business.
And it would be a poor business model if it were capable of ending your business, no?
- bogwog 6y agoAre you saying that the entire mobile app business is built on a flawed business model? How do you build a mobile app business that can survive being blacklisted by Apple and Google?
- 52-6F-62 6y agoI didn't say that, no. And I didn't think Google was involved here?
- bogwog 6y agoGoogle is totally involved. They aren’t as egregious about it as Apple, but they are equally guilty of stomping out competition. If you get blacklisted from Google Play, you’re basically done. Your cost for acquiring new users just skyrocketed because you now have to somehow educate people on how to enable “unknown sources”, convince them to ignore all of the incessant scary warnings about malware, etc. on top of your regular advertising costs. Unless your main demographic is computer geeks, there’s no way to succeed. Not to mention that if you DO manage to build a successful competitor to GPlay, you’ll have to worry about Google’s “white hat” hit squad at Project Zero.
- 52-6F-62 6y agoGoogle is involved in Epic's dispute with Apple? I'm sorry, but I haven't seen that anywhere. Could you clarify?
- bogwog 6y agohttps://www.theverge.com/2020/8/13/21368363/epic-google-fortnite-lawsuit-antitrust-app-play-store-apple-removal https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/13/21368363/epic-google-fort... Epic is suing Google at the same time for the same reason as Apple. Maybe they're not "involved" if you mean that Apple and Google are colluding against Epic, but they're both the subjects of the same discussion.