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If Apple and Google tax app developers like Epic so much, then why don't Epic either individually or as part of a coalition with other companies create their ow
by vfclists 5y ago
If Apple and Google tax app developers like Epic so much, then why don't Epic either individually or as part of a coalition with other companies create their own phone?
Five years is more than enough time to establish a new more liberal ecosystem for app developers if Google and Apple won't play ball, so what is holding them back?
- davismwfl 5y agoThis sounds reasonable but when you start doing the math it just doesn't make sense. Creating the device and getting it certified world wide is difficult but very doable. Pulling users away from their platforms and ecosystems is infinitely more difficult. I think you underestimate the draw the ecosystem has for all the other apps etc for people. This is why it is hard to compete with Google and Apple, it has almost nothing to do with the phone/OS.
- vfclists 5y agoI don't think it should be anything more than a regular Android phone with an alternative app store. Huawei, Redmi, Samsung and Amazon have their own app stores, so why should it be difficult for Epic et al to have theirs on their own phone as well?
- vfclists 5y agoIs it not about creating new phones from scratch. It is simply about rebranding or OEMing Android phones with different App stores. What so difficult about that?