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Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by hpaavola on Sunday May 23, 2021 @08:07AM (#27254447)
Counter-argument to what? As Android shows, allowing 3rd party appstores has 0 effect on the main appstore offering.
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Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by merrywhether on Sunday May 23, 2021 @11:59AM (#27255980)
But if the iOS store is so much worse for devs than the Play store, wouldn’t there be more incentive for devs to push for a legitimate alt store to succeed on iOS?
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Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by d3nj4l on Sunday May 23, 2021 @12:06PM (#27256051)
Android's third-party app stores have been majorly gimped for a long time unless they were installed by the manufacturer. Further, they don't even have great reach even if they're installed as such, as evidenced by Epic wanting Fortnite back on the Play Store despite it being available on the Galaxy store.
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