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Let's be honest. This is just plain racket! When regulator will finally act on this? Just because you get an app through their store does not mean they own the

• parasubvert 6y ago
  It’s not a racket, it’s their store, and thus their rules. Regulators won’t act on this until it’s decided that App Stores are public utilities. Which might happen, but also would be a bit of an overreaction.
• II2II 6y ago
  Something to consider: many of the apps affected are given away rather than sold. Imagine if brick and mortar stores were run like that ... Now Google has several different ways to respond: - Accept that this will happen and try to generate revenues based on other services. These services may be for developers, publishers, or consumers. - Charge higher rates, perhaps differentiating the rates based upon the amount of exposure an app receives. - Find a means to charge publishers based upon the revenues generated by the app. Using their own billing system is likely the best way of doing this. Each approach has its own benefits and drawbacks, but I would be hard pressed to call any of them a racket.
• kkarakk 6y ago
  if you own the platform you DO own the apps and the users...
• izacus 6y ago
  The Apple/Epic hearing about this very issue had the judge say several times that they don't really see a big issue. So waiting for your regulators to do anything is very optimistic.