Google Play permitting alternative billing systems for users in South Korea

Re:Google Play permitting alternative billing systems for us... by Andrew_nenakhov on Friday November 19, 2021 @01:03PM (#29280249)

If users care about battery life, give them tools to analyse what's eating it, but handcuff it so they don't hurt themselves. That way users who care about freedom will have it, and users who care about battery life above all will just block the permission to run in the background.

But that doesn't align with Google's interests, so it will never happen, unless they are forced to.

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Re:Google Play permitting alternative billing systems for us... by dtech on Friday November 19, 2021 @02:12PM (#29281029)

You severely overestimate what the user will do. Android has these tools built-in, but they are hardly used.

It's similar to how crappy drivers causing BSODs were for a large part responsible for the "Windows is a crappy unstable mess" sentiment of the late 90's and 00's [1]. This led to Microsoft severely restricting driver manufacturers, requiring signing and WHQL etc. Less freedom but stability and perception among users has markedly improved.

[1] https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-the-blue-screen-of-death-n...

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Re:Google Play permitting alternative billing systems for us... by Andrew_nenakhov on Sunday November 21, 2021 @11:05AM (#29297189)

Users are perfectly capable of using battery stats and determine which apps consume too much power, and then make an informed decision. This is not some rocket science.

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