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Really? There are tons of ways to get apps on an Android device that don't involve a store charging ridiculous fees.

• graeme 3y ago
  Certainly, but how many software businesses are built on non-play store android apps? There just isn't that much of a market there. Contrast with, say, Adobe, which makes computer software not distributed through any App store and is a $278 billion company.
• scarface_74 3y ago
  And how many people are going to actually do that?
  • kivle 3y ago
    Samsung phones come with a Samsung store in addition to Google Play for instance. All of Samsungs software go through their own store, and they also sell apps on it.
    • ericmay 3y ago
      So instead of "opening up" the iPhone if customers really care about the multiple app stores feature they could buy the phone with that feature correct? It's not really any different in my mind than phones with more battery life, a better camera, or any other product mix.
      • squeaky-clean 3y ago
        In general I agree with you, I don't want my phone to be a general purpose computer. But the situation here is that there is now an actual law mandating that no, you're not to allowed host an app store on your phone OS without allowing alternative app stores. For an exaggerated analogy, you can't make a car without seatbelts and tell consumers that if they value safety they should purchase a different brand of car.
        • rstat1 3y ago
          >>I don't want my phone to be a general purpose computer. Too late. It already is. Which makes all these restrictions on what you can and can't do with it stupid especially if its gonna sell for an amount of money nearly equal to reasonably spec'ed laptop.
  • squeaky-clean 3y ago
    Every single child who plays Fortnite in Android does it. You can't install Fortnite through the Play Store anymore after the payment processing lawsuit stuff.