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Re:Fortnite seems to have been removed from the Play Store a... by zepto on Thursday August 13, 2020 @08:52PM (#24151904)
Exactly, this entire thing is about big intermediaries getting a piece of the pie through the legal system.

Smaller developers will be the casualties of a multi-store situation because they will be forced to support the them all.

There will therefore be no competitive pressure on benefits for developers.

This is all about more middlemen making money.

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Re:Fortnite seems to have been removed from the Play Store a... by sushid on Sunday August 16, 2020 @11:34PM (#24183631)
How do you rationalize this? There's no situation where having a legitimate competitor to the App Store makes the situation somehow worse for smaller developers.

At worst, they continue their business as usual. At best the competitive pressure allows their business to stay the same but with higher margins. Most likely they would eke out a bit more money than the status quo by using another App Store competitor alongside the App Store if they choose to do so.

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