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Re:Dominance of Apple and Google’s app stores impacting comp... by MINPOOL on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @06:12AM (#26967691)
> You can have third-party Android app stores

It's just completely unrealistic that a classic consumer will install any other app store on their device, they just use what is there and that's for the majority of Android phones the Play Store.

If Google would truly be open for competition, they would let the consumer choose the app store, the search engine and everything else when they first turn on the device.

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Re:Dominance of Apple and Google’s app stores impacting comp... by marticode on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @06:46AM (#26967878)
Sure, but at least you have that option of installing what you want on the hardware you paid for.

In contrast, Apple retain full control of the phone. You buy it, but you don't control it.

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