Epic vs. Google judge says he'll 'tear the barriers down' on Google's app store

Re:Epic vs. Google judge says he'll 'tear the barriers down'... by lolinder on Thursday August 15, 2024 @08:54PM (#41262062)

You've been enjoying having to juggle five streaming services to access all the content that was previously on one?

Remember that I choose Android for the flexibility. I like the wild west of the WWW. I'm here defending the interests of a group that isn't well represented on HN: Apple users who actually like having exactly one App Store that they can count on to look out for them and moderate what apps can and can't do.

We already have Wild West platforms. For a while we had one that was better regulated, and people flocked to it. Large companies are lobbying government to dismantle that platform for their own selfish interests, and you're cheering it on rather than just picking the ecosystem that already provides what you want.

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Re:Epic vs. Google judge says he'll 'tear the barriers down'... by jncfhnb on Thursday August 15, 2024 @09:57PM (#41262410)

The streaming problem doesn’t disappear when your streaming services are served to you via the App Store

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Re:Epic vs. Google judge says he'll 'tear the barriers down'... by lolinder on Thursday August 15, 2024 @10:06PM (#41262462)

No, but in short order every company of any size will have its own app store which will be the way all their customers have to download their apps, same as every media company has its own streaming platform.

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Re:Epic vs. Google judge says he'll 'tear the barriers down'... by _aavaa_ on Friday August 16, 2024 @07:28AM (#41265341)

You are describing websites and the state of desktop computing.

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Re:Epic vs. Google judge says he'll 'tear the barriers down'... by lolinder on Friday August 16, 2024 @09:10AM (#41266110)

I already replied to that argument above and am not interested in going in circles any further.

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Re:Epic vs. Google judge says he'll 'tear the barriers down'... by jncfhnb on Friday August 16, 2024 @08:51AM (#41265945)

So when you say “every company of any size” you actually mean “a small handful of the largest companies”, right?

Because I’m happy to identify 100 media companies for every 1 that you identify that offers their content exclusively on their own streaming platform

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Re:Epic vs. Google judge says he'll 'tear the barriers down'... by _aavaa_ on Thursday August 15, 2024 @09:01PM (#41262100)

See my other comment. Streaming services are not comparable; games purchased on one store do not leave your library the way shows leave streaming services. And there’s no “juggling”, none of these have ongoing costs.

If people can juggle getting weather in one app, videos in another, and banking in a third, they can “juggle” the hassle of a one time search to find where to purchase the game.

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