Comment on Through gritted teeth, Apple and Google allow alternative app stores in Japan
DaTingGoBrrr@lemmy.world 2 days ago
This might be wishful thinking but could this lead to Nintendo and other console manufacturers having to open up their ecosystem and allow third party stores?
kopasu22@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The full text of this act (translated to English) is available here: jftc.go.jp/…/MSCA_Guidelines_tentative_translatio…
I haven’t read through the full text, but it does seem to specifically apply to only smartphones. The Switch is a mobile device but I think it’d be a hard case to make it count as a phone and a general computing platform like iPhone/Android.