@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 11 hours agoGoogle must crack open Android for third-party stores, rules Epic judgewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down16cross-posted to: technologyandroid[email protected][email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish21•edit-28 hours agoGoogle also can’t: Share app revenue “with any person or entity that distributes Android apps” or plans to launch an app store or app platform Offer developers money or perks to launch their apps on the Play Store exclusively or first Offer developers money or perks not to launch their apps on rival stores Ok, now do Epic and their paid exclusive practices.
minus-square@halcyoncmdrlinkEnglish6•4 hours agoThey won’t, because the reason these are being implemented is because Google is considered a monopoly. It’s not about making a fair playing field. Anti-monopoly stuff is about giving other companies advantages to help them compete.
minus-square@pivot_rootlinkEnglish8•5 hours agoBut Timmy is the king of “rules for thee but not for me”
Google also can’t:
Share app revenue “with any person or entity that distributes Android apps” or plans to launch an app store or app platform
Offer developers money or perks to launch their apps on the Play Store exclusively or first
Offer developers money or perks not to launch their apps on rival stores
Ok, now do Epic and their paid exclusive practices.
WOW the hypocrisy
They won’t, because the reason these are being implemented is because Google is considered a monopoly.
It’s not about making a fair playing field. Anti-monopoly stuff is about giving other companies advantages to help them compete.
But Timmy is the king of “rules for thee but not for me”