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> Similarly, Google is converging on the same anticompetitive practices with the Play Store. What do you mean? Google has been making things easier for third-p
by jsnell 4y ago
> Similarly, Google is converging on the same anticompetitive practices with the Play Store.
What do you mean? Google has been making things easier for third-party app stores over time, not converging to Apple's model. (Most recently in adding the auto-update permission in Android 12.)
- heavyset_go 4y agoYou can't distribute apps on the Play Store without using Google's mobile payments platform, giving them the 15%-30% cut that Apple takes. They're preventing competition in the mobile app payments market by leveraging their dominance in the mobile OS and mobile app distribution markets, just like Apple does.