Comment on Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight

• helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  They’re not disallowed on the Play Store. Google just wants you to give them their cut if consumers make purchases from the Play Store.

  But that’s not what we’re discussing. We’re discussing 3rd party app stores. Computers have had warnings about installing software since the beginning of computers, since no one has vetted whether it is malicious (not that the app stores are immune from malicious apps) so I don’t see that as an issue. I would see mandating the removal of those warnings as an issue.

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  • Steve@communick.news ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The Play Store doesn’t allow other app stores.
    “4.5 You may not use Google Play to distribute or make available any Product that has a purpose that facilitates the distribution of software applications and games for use on Android devices outside of Google Play.” - Google Play Developer Distribution Agreement

    Computers have had warnings about installing software since the beginning of computers

    I think “Computers” go back way farther than you’re imagining. There was a time when you didn’t even install software on computers. You just put in a disk and ran what was on it. We don’t even need to go back to when “Computer” was an actual job title. Something that humans (mostly women) did.

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    • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The Play Store doesn’t allow other app stores.

      …huh? Why would there be an app store inside an app store?

      I think “Computers” go back way farther than you’re imagining.

      No I was just speaking simply. You know what I meant.

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      • Steve@communick.news ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        …huh? Why would there be an app store inside an app store?

        To make it easy to access other app stores of course. You can use one web browser to download another can’t you.

        No I was just speaking simply. You know what I meant.

        Maybe too simply, because I really don’t. Windows didn’t give any warnings about installing any programs until Windows 10 I think. And even it’s only the truly esoteric and unknown.

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