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Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by judge2020 on Thursday January 25, 2024 @03:53PM (#39135125)
> Androids Play store (pending some anti-trust issues, ironically) still has the majority of apps there and it'd be doubtful that any android alternative store can steal that mindshare away.

If so, why did Google feel the need to bribe developers to keep their apps on the Play store?

https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/19/22632818/google-project-h...

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Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by johnnyanmac on Thursday January 25, 2024 @04:05PM (#39135281)
I did mention that part briefly. And I am still a bit confused about the decision as well given some of the subjects that suppressed.

I guess 2010's Google didn't want any trace of a popular gaming store to take over, given that we now know F2P mobile games are 70% of the app store revenue (and I'm sure it's similar to Google). If EA made the supposed Steam of Android and most games chose to focus on the EA store, that's a huge cut into Google revenue, even if most other apps would still be on the play store. So better not to risk it at all.

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Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by refulgentis on Thursday January 25, 2024 @04:08PM (#39135320)
Objection, argumentative: being doubtful of X, and a company wanted to move X to 0 probability, aren't in tension.
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