The regulations will oblige Apple and Google to allow users to download from app stores other than the ones on their proprietary platforms.

Japan is joining the EU in requiring mobile platforms open up for third party software, and allow third party payment processing.

Perhaps the increasing global regulatory pressure will make Apple concede on blocking third party software sources in general.

  • Soullioness
    4•1 year ago

    This is why I’ve always been on Android. And always will be. We’ve always been able to download 3rd party apps and use 3rd party app stores.

    • tojikomori
      2•1 year ago

      Why do you find that such an important factor? Is it just about the principle of having a choice, or is there a particular third party app store you consider essential?

      • Soullioness
        3•1 year ago

        It’s mostly because I don’t like someone else making decisions for me like for example my vaporizer is Bluetooth and has an app but apple doesn’t allow such apps anymore. On Android even if Google stops allowing such apps on the play store I can still get it directly or from an alternative store.

        • tojikomori
          3•1 year ago

          Got it, makes sense. Appreciate the example you gave here – that’s a believable use case for something like this.

        • @[email protected]
          2•1 year ago

          This is a great example. Vape apps were even allowed on the App Store for a while, then Apple banned them all of a sudden. There’s a general level of unpredictability with many categories of apps