Fortnite seems to have been removed from the Play Store as well

Re:Fortnite seems to have been removed from the Play Store a... by kuon on Thursday August 13, 2020 @08:07PM (#24151542)

I can understand that having multiple store can be frustrating for the user, but why not have multiple stores with federation? You have one app implementing the federated store protocol, and you and browse all federated stores.

This would allow multiple actors to be present, while keeping things simple for the users.

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Re:Fortnite seems to have been removed from the Play Store a... by m4rtink on Thursday August 13, 2020 @10:04PM (#24152355)

This already exists on desktop Linux - all the deb/RPM/Flatpak repositories each have a standardized metadata format, so you just add a URL to the given repo and the OS will work with it the same way as with the default repositories.

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Re:Fortnite seems to have been removed from the Play Store a... by zepto on Thursday August 13, 2020 @08:54PM (#24151923)

Who sets the rules for the federated storefront?

The store design has a lot to do with which apps get attention.

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