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Re:Apple is top funder of lobby group that says it represent... by HWR_14 on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @12:01AM (#32907509)
Amazon threw billions at creating an alternate storefront for Android devices. If they cannot achieve it, then who could? Maybe Samsung, and then it's a triopoly where which store still depends on who sells your phone.
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Re:Apple is top funder of lobby group that says it represent... by Firmwarrior on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @01:10AM (#32907888)
Samsung actually used to bundle their own app store with their phones, but gave up eventually since it wasn't getting much traction
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Re:Apple is top funder of lobby group that says it represent... by Liquid_Fire on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @08:17AM (#32910653)
What do you mean by "gave up"? I have a <1 year old Samsung model and it still has the Galaxy Store.
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Re:Apple is top funder of lobby group that says it represent... by HWR_14 on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @12:33PM (#32914162)
This is the opposite of my recollection. I thought Samsung just started bundling their own app store, and was referencing that it may yet succeed. Maybe this is attempt 2?

Amazon tried selling phones with their own app store built in, but Fire Phones never took off for whatever reason.

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