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I don't agree the analogy is poor. Unless I'm mistaken, Google has made threats, such as "if you include a competing app store, then you don't get any of the g

I don't agree the analogy is poor. Unless I'm mistaken, Google has made threats, such as "if you include a competing app store, then you don't get any of the google apps, google play services, etc, and you can't use the Android trademark. We saw in the early 00s a proliferation of "Android" devices that didn't have the Play store, and they were mostly DOA

vkou 3y ago
An unwillingness to co-operate is not generally considered a threat. > and they were mostly DOA Maybe those stores should have invested a few dozen billion dollars in building up a comprehensive first-party app ecosystem that made them attractive to users. Economies of scale, and all. Nobody's going to your farmer's market, because everyone's going to the mall that has a Walmart.