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Re:Fortnite seems to have been removed from the Play Store a... by heavyset_go on Thursday August 13, 2020 @08:19PM (#24151642)
> Android has a plethora of app stores, there have always been tons of them.

Google put restrictions on Android so that third party app stores can't install in the background, auto-upgrade or batch install.

> Google Play Store won out on Android simply because the multitude of stores was a nightmare for customers.

The Play Store is the only app store on Android where users can install apps in the background, auto-upgrade apps or batch install apps.

The reason the Play Store won out on Android is because it the only app store that Google allows to have the features app stores require.

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Re:Fortnite seems to have been removed from the Play Store a... by scarface74 on Thursday August 13, 2020 @09:24PM (#24152116)
Just maybe because of things like this?

https://www.cnet.com/news/just-as-critics-feared-fortnite-fo...

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Re:Fortnite seems to have been removed from the Play Store a... by heavyset_go on Thursday August 13, 2020 @09:35PM (#24152185)
Perhaps people want the ability to choose between fully featured app stores, because of things like these

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/01/resea...

https://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/...

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/new-android-bug-targets...

https://www.zdnet.com/article/popular-apps-on-google-play-li...

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Re:Fortnite seems to have been removed from the Play Store a... by scarface74 on Thursday August 13, 2020 @09:39PM (#24152208)
So either use Google’s insecure App Store, use someone else’s insecure app that’s sideloaded or by an iPhone. I think you just made a good pro-Apple argument.
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Re:Fortnite seems to have been removed from the Play Store a... by heavyset_go on Thursday August 13, 2020 @09:42PM (#24152233)
iOS exploits are cheaper than Android exploits because iOS exploits are so plentiful.
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Re:Fortnite seems to have been removed from the Play Store a... by gxnxcxcx on Friday August 14, 2020 @12:46AM (#24153585)
Aren't most of those 0-days exploiting iOS integrated apps and thus outside the realm of App Store curation and policy?

Asking because that's the impression I get, but may be wrong.

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Re:Fortnite seems to have been removed from the Play Store a... by scarface74 on Thursday August 13, 2020 @09:50PM (#24152282)
Citations?
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Re:Fortnite seems to have been removed from the Play Store a... by scarface74 on Friday August 14, 2020 @07:18AM (#24156468)
None of which have anything to do with the App Store....
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