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Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by summerlight on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @07:47PM (#26173984)
> a bunch of businesses will start requiring their users to disable "default Grandma mode". Imagine onboarding for Netflix including a pleasantly designed screen saying "Before you can use Netflix, you must Enable Third-party Stores. Go to Settings > Privacy..."

In Android, Epic (and probably tens of ISP and carriers) actually tried that strategy and miserably failed.

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Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by Fogest on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @08:39PM (#26174403)
Exactly, Epic tried to get people to install their Fortnite app on Android via their apk from their website but they ended up just putting it on the appstore because not enough people were doing it. Likely because of the extra work and "scary" warnings Android gives you when you try and do this.

So yeah this method does work to keep people using the more "safe" options while also letting others have more freedom with their device if they desire.

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