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Re:Google Play has been spreading advanced Android malware f... by Razengan on Thursday April 30, 2020 @10:55AM (#23031476)
> Given a fair choice customers have opted for the alternative the vast majority of the time.

As in, Steam versus... Buying and downloading directly from the publishers' websites?

The Xbox and PlayStation stores? The Nintendo eShop?

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Re:Google Play has been spreading advanced Android malware f... by AnthonyMouse on Thursday April 30, 2020 @04:04PM (#23035442)
The stores of the console makers use the same anti-competitive platform lock-in as Apple and Google.

Steam is the alternative where you get to choose where to install things from -- one of those places is Steam. Installing Steam doesn't prevent you from installing other software from the developer's website or the Linux package manager or Windows store or wherever you like.

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