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My interpretation is that the idea is that third-party app stores could, for example, support updating an app installed by another app store.
by xyzzy_plugh 2y ago
My interpretation is that the idea is that third-party app stores could, for example, support updating an app installed by another app store.
- Retric 2y agoOr they could modify your app without your knowledge or consent before someone downloads it, while claiming to be the stock configuration. Pre populating app stores sounds great for Epic, but there’s a lot of issues. Instead I would rather let 3rd parties provide different UI for Google’s App Store backend for a small cut of any transaction. Minor improvements like being able to permanently block any idle games, IAP, advertisements, etc would go a long way. But frankly Epic doesn’t give a shit about users here.
- foverzar 2y agoApps are signed.
- Retric 2y agoEpic is trying to make it trivial to set up an App Store by pre populating apps which changes the incentives around burning one’s reputation. So sure looking at signatures is useful for someone who pays attention, not so much in the general case. Or perhaps they do hand out your app at a discount, and then never pay you. Or, do several things all at the same time.
- foverzar 2y ago> looking at signatures "Looking"? AFAIK one can't update an app that had already been installed with a different signature. Correct me if I'm wrong and that's not the current behavior on Android.
- dialup_sounds 2y agoThat's part of it. The proposal is for everything on Google Play to be available on Epic's store but payments/downloads/updates still managed by Google. Then if an app becomes available via Epic they can "take over".