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The app can definitely still exist and even be vended on other stores, such as F-Droid. This smells similar to the Fortnite / Apple dustup, and the end result
by shadowgovt 4y ago
The app can definitely still exist and even be vended on other stores, such as F-Droid.
This smells similar to the Fortnite / Apple dustup, and the end result of that wasn't that Apple was forced to re-list Fortnite in their App Store; it was that [edit: my mistake; misremembered] Apple was barred from retaliating against Epic but the only way to play Fortnite (legally) on Apple hardware now is through Microsoft's cloud service.
I don't know what legal precedent would force Google to list an app in their (obviously large and market-dominant) private store that they wholly own.
- tadfisher 4y agoUnlike copyright, there is no safe harbor for hosting trademark-infringing content, so what that would accomplish is a potential lawsuit against F-Droid alongside the developer.