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Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight (www.theverge.com)
submitted 11 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight::A jury has decided for Epic Games in the Epic v. Google trial, giving the Fortnite and Unreal Engine maker a historic win in its fight to change how app stores work.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The problem is, they can't provide a direct alternative. On Apple they straight can't sideload, and on Android Google has intentionally made the experience shitty and dangerous to discourage it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Google has intentionally made the experience shitty and dangerous to discourage it.

In what way?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They have made it nearly impossible for a non-rooted phone to have apps automatically update, or an app store automatically update apps if it isn't the play store.