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Re:Google must crack open Android for third-party stores, ru... by meiraleal on Monday October 07, 2024 @04:07PM (#41770397)
> Initially, there wasn't a requirement to ship Android with an app store

That's exactly the same case for iphones, Steve Jobs initial plan (and execution) was to install apps from Safari, the prototype of PWAs.

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Re:Google must crack open Android for third-party stores, ru... by gjsman-1000 on Monday October 07, 2024 @04:09PM (#41770429)
True; except that the iPhone didn't allow apps from anywhere, at all.

Consider damages, from a legal perspective. Can you claim damages, because you can't write apps for your proprietary 3D Printer? Can you claim damages, because you can't write apps for your dishwasher? Can you claim damages, because you can't write apps for an ecosystem which is, and was, always closed?

No, no, and (currently) no.

You absolutely can claim damages though for building up an ecosystem that then turns into a bait-and-switch. Case: Android.

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Re:Google must crack open Android for third-party stores, ru... by meiraleal on Monday October 07, 2024 @04:21PM (#41770592)
As someone mentioned, the app store started without a 30% cut so they also baited and switched. The only difference is that Apple won the case because Justice works like that. Different judges and it would have lost too.
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Re:Google must crack open Android for third-party stores, ru... by placeholderTest on Monday October 07, 2024 @04:38PM (#41770764)
Except the App Store was announced 16 years ago and the 30% cut was definitely part of the announcement. There’s a whole slide with Steve Jobs discussing it 3 minutes in. The other commenter was mistaken.
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