Lee Duna to TechnologyEnglish • 1 year agoA Jury Will Decide If Google's App Store Is an Unjust Monopolywww.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1532arrow-down17cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoNot really a monopoly, sadly. Still found it a dick move the first time it warned me that an apk I downloaded wasn’t from play.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•1 year ago“Monopoly - (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller” Certainly a practical monopoly, if not a literal one. I would bet 99.9% of all app installs on android are through the Play Store.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year ago Google Play accounts for well over 90 percent of all downloads onto Android phones in the US, according to state prosecutors
minus-square@MeatsOfRagelinkEnglish4•1 year agoI’m comfortable installing apks and even I probably only have 3 or 4 vs the 50 or 60 play store apps on my phone.
Not really a monopoly, sadly. Still found it a dick move the first time it warned me that an apk I downloaded wasn’t from play.
“Monopoly - (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller”
Certainly a practical monopoly, if not a literal one. I would bet 99.9% of all app installs on android are through the Play Store.
I’m comfortable installing apks and even I probably only have 3 or 4 vs the 50 or 60 play store apps on my phone.