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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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