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> they could be treated differently Yes that's exactly what I'm saying. Epic should take this case up with all the phone manufacturers that would rather just p
by sublinear 2y ago
> they could be treated differently
Yes that's exactly what I'm saying. Epic should take this case up with all the phone manufacturers that would rather just put the Play Store on their phones. If Epic didn't want their games to be locked into the Play Store that's on them.
Most apps allow the user to login and access their data from any alternative platform. Google doesn't prevent this. Why can't they just update their games to allow this? They're correct that users should be free to play their games from anywhere. So... how is Google preventing them from implementing this?
Their failure to compete is nobody else's fault. I'm still just not getting what Epic is complaining about.
- ffsm8 2y agoGoogle made backroom deals, which made the OEM approach non viable, unless you expected them to also become an OEM. But if they did, Google wouldn't have allowed the play store on their device, which would've ended with the MS phone situation all over again. The backroom deal is the issue with this case