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You know that Google never had that dictatorship on Android? Apple might lose its monopoly, at least if other legislations follow the EU.
by KeplerBoy 2y ago
You know that Google never had that dictatorship on Android?
Apple might lose its monopoly, at least if other legislations follow the EU.
- echelon 2y agoGoogle (knowingly?) benefits from the current posture of defaults. You can't one click install a web app, nor is it the expected user behavior. The "might be harmful" and buried system dialogues mean that 0.001% of users will ever do this. It's completely unviable. In a sense this might be worse behavior. Google gets to skirt regulatory scrutiny, yet functionally enables zero companies and users to leverage this path.
- KeplerBoy 2y agoThere are entire product lines of android devices out there which ship with different default stores. Think of Amazon or chinese huawei devices, even samsung ships it's own app store. Google's App Store is not that dominant.
- ewoodrich 2y agoAmazon even lets you buy books on the Android Kindle app if installed via the Samsung/Galaxy Store vs the Play Store.