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> It is because they distribute it and give you huge audience of potential customers. Epic and many others dont need the distribution though. Gamers can easil

by sumedh 6y ago

> It is because they distribute it and give you huge audience of potential customers. Epic and many others dont need the distribution though. Gamers can easily go to Epic and download and install the apps themselves.

tssva 6y ago
They can do that today and did do that initially on Android. They abandoned that path so the Play store must bring something of value to them.
- sumedh 6y ago
  They can't do that on ios, never could. Fortnite still does it on android, why do you think they abandoned it?
  - detaro 6y ago
    ... because they did abandon it. After initially starting with their own side-loaded launcher they went into the Play store. They are now back to going outside the Play store after they started the payment fight with Apple and Google last year, which got them thrown out.
    - sumedh 6y ago
      and that is a good thing that Epic has that option atleast on Google. Why do you hate freedom of choice?
      - detaro 6y ago
        What exactly gave you the impression that I'm against that? I merely explained why wording choosen further up was appropriate.
        sumedh 6y ago
        Abandon is not the appropriate word.
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- happymellon 6y ago
  This doesn't appear to be true. https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/mobile/android/get-started https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/mobile/android/get-...