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Re:Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google acc... by ethbr0 on Monday February 08, 2021 @08:04AM (#26063878)
The reason people are incensed about FAANGMP doing so is because, in their respective markets, they're monopolies.

No one would care if Google banning a developer meant they could list their app through a non-Play app store with decent exposure, or a non-App Store at all.

But that's not the reality we live in.

So it's more like if Walmart moved into my podunk town, put all the local shops out of business, and then banned me.

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Re:Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google acc... by PaulHoule on Monday February 08, 2021 @08:08AM (#26063913)
Hmmmm. I thought it was Apple that banned sideloading.

Maybe Google kicked this guy out for the same reason they fired off their own Stadia devs.

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Re:Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google acc... by Mediterraneo10 on Monday February 08, 2021 @09:03AM (#26064543)
There is speculation that Google will ban sideloading in the near future, too. That is, it will extend its Advanced Protection model to mass-market Android. Then, sideloading will only be possible for that tiny minority of nerds like us who know how to use ADB and install an .apk over the command line.
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Re:Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google acc... by badjeans on Monday February 08, 2021 @09:59AM (#26065329)
Well, and Huawei users.
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Re:Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google acc... by ethbr0 on Monday February 08, 2021 @08:31AM (#26064154)
I don't think the "but you can" rounding error alternate Android app stores and side-loading constitute a viable developer alternative. *

* Except in China, in which case it's only true for their domestic Android market

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Re:Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google acc... by BlueTemplar on Monday February 08, 2021 @09:47AM (#26065149)
It's different for Huawei's app store ?
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