Spotify CEO renews attack on Apple after Musk's salvo

Re:Spotify CEO renews attack on Apple after Musk's salvo by vineyardmike on Thursday December 01, 2022 @02:53AM (#33813531)

> As for services that 'demand' you install something, the option exists on Android and no one demands people install things on their Android devices. Why would iOS be different?

https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/mobile/android

1. It is used now. 2. Google is a lot less aggressive than apple (see meta vs ATT).

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Re:Spotify CEO renews attack on Apple after Musk's salvo by heavyset_go on Thursday December 01, 2022 @03:59AM (#33813954)

I don't see where Epic is forcing anyone to do anything.

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Re:Spotify CEO renews attack on Apple after Musk's salvo by vineyardmike on Thursday December 01, 2022 @06:16AM (#33814880)

If you want to play Fortnite - one of the most popular games for a generation of people- you can’t use the play store. You need to side load or use a supported store.

Sure it’s not “forced” like you go to jail or your phone doesn’t work, but you can’t use the way 99% of people will get their games.

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Re:Spotify CEO renews attack on Apple after Musk's salvo by onion2k on Thursday December 01, 2022 @04:54AM (#33814297)

Yes, Epic has an app store on Android. So does Amazon. So do a few others. If anything that just proves the point that third party app integrations can work in a mobile OS without the world ending.

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