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Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by zepto on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @11:07AM (#26167936)
> nobody is forcing you to use the third party app store if it does exist. If you continued to use apple's curated store, you will continue to get the existing benefits. Adding an extra option can't possibly hurt you

People need to stop saying this - it’s obvious completely false.

As soon as other app stores are involved, there will be paid exclusives. Equivalent to Joe Rogan on Spotify, or any of the streaming video services who commission studios to make content just for their platform.

It will definitely be impossible to avoid using multiple stores if you want access to the popular apps.

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Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by diffeomorphism on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @11:38AM (#26168320)
Not really. It would be perfectly possible to have just one store offering multiple repos/curations etc. . And in any case "but having like three stores" is an annoyance at worst. Having one grand holy arbiter of truth is a bigger problem.
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Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by zepto on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @11:45AM (#26168406)
> It would be perfectly possible to have just one store offering multiple repos/curations etc.

That isn’t true.

In order for it to be true you would need to explain how this would be possible if stores buy exclusive rights to apps.

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