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Re:Judge in Fortnite case holds Tim Cook's feet to the fire by kelnos on Friday May 21, 2021 @07:27PM (#27241233)
> Android doesn’t allow first class alternative stores

The only thing that Android doesn't allow is for the third-party stores to auto-update apps installed through those stores.

I'm not going to say that's not a big deal, because it's definitely annoying, but I have F-Droid on my phone and get plenty of value out of it, despite having to go through a confirmation dialog to update the apps I've installed through it.

> ... and is also not the market leader

Which is entirely irrelevant. (And if you consider the world market, not just the US, Android definitely is the market leader.)

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Re:Judge in Fortnite case holds Tim Cook's feet to the fire by zepto on Friday May 21, 2021 @08:05PM (#27241611)
> Which is entirely irrelevant.

If it was irrelevant, Epic would have just created an Android store and let Apple go their own way.

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Re:Judge in Fortnite case holds Tim Cook's feet to the fire by jakouf on Saturday May 22, 2021 @02:17AM (#27244013)
Good news for you, seems like Android 12 is adding this

https://www.xda-developers.com/android-12-alternative-app-st...

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