Apple found in breach of EU competition rules

Re:Apple found in breach of EU competition rules by wongarsu on Monday June 24, 2024 @01:50PM (#40778845)

* Most users only use Google's play store, except for apps not available there

Certain categories of apps aren't deemed acceptable by Google (e.g. apps with adult content, apps that circumvent copyright, some "hacking" apps, etc). If you want any of those they are easy enough to find and sideload.

There is also a big community pirating legitimate Android apps. According to some for every one purchase ten people use a pirated version.

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Re:Apple found in breach of EU competition rules by hot_gril on Monday June 24, 2024 @09:09PM (#40783157)

Also, Fortnite isn't available on Google's store. Which is what that Epic case was about.

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Re:Apple found in breach of EU competition rules by grishka on Monday June 24, 2024 @09:40PM (#40783382)

Also, there are many apps from sanctioned Russian companies that can't be published on Google Play, so they only exist in alternative app stores like RuStore and/or as self-updating apks.

On iOS, they just can't "legally" have an app any more, period. Some made their apps PWAs, some say "just use the website", and some (Tinkoff/T-Bank in particular) keep trying to get into the app store with those double-bottom apps and also distribute them signed with enterprise certificates.

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