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 Friday August 16, 2024 @09:16AM (#41266157)

> I blame the apple appstore for creating that toxic ecosystem that made phonegames suck so hard. If there were alternatives things would be so much better, like you have in pc gaming.

Interesting. I blame the medium [1] and the size of the audience [2]. I guess we'll see who is right, but either way I'm unconvinced a better phone gaming experience is worth letting Meta create its own app store that allows privacy shenanigans that Apple has successfully banned.

[1] Smartphones are attention-monopolizing devices by their very nature in a way that a tower PC just isn't.

[2] The majority of games on a platform will appeal to the lowest common denominator, and since ~everyone has a smartphone the lowest common denominator is very low.

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Re:Epic vs. Google judge says he'll 'tear the barriers down'... by _aavaa_ on Friday August 16, 2024 @11:17AM (#41267155)

> is worth letting Meta create its own app store that allows privacy shenanigans that Apple has successfully banned

The enemy of my enemy is not my friend. If Meta is doing impinging on people's privacy we need to make it illegal, not let it be used by Apple as a selling feature for their anti-competitive practices.

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