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To me, the simplest route is to allow sideloading with big nasty disclaimers. That neuters almost all App Store related complaints-- about fees, about curation
by hakfoo 5y ago
To me, the simplest route is to allow sideloading with big nasty disclaimers.
That neuters almost all App Store related complaints-- about fees, about curation mistakes, about impermissible content types, about the cost of admission for a hobbyist publishing a free app. "Just tell users to side load" is enough to make the affected developers whole.
They must be dead terrified of sideloading that it doesn't even seem to be in the discussion. I'm curious whether it's actually a fear that major revenue streams will bypass the 30% cut (doesn't seem to be too much of a problem for Google Play), or if they're afraid of losing control over their curated ecosystem and it ending up looking more like the MacOS level of flexibility?
- JiNCMG 5y agoExcept Epic was not happy with this which is why they also challenged Google and were kick from the Play Store at the start of all this. [EDIT] Actually in the court filings they stated they was OS level access to the device with no warning or approval process from Apple.
- flutas 5y agoThey challenged Google for a multitude of reasons, one of which being that Google stepped in and forced manufacturers to cancel deals that epic had made to get the EGS launcher pre-installed on phones. [1] https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/13/21368395/fortnite-epic-games-oneplus-deal-google-play-store-lawsuit-lg https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/13/21368395/fortnite-epic-ga...