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Re:Y Combinator Files Brief Supporting Epic Games by JumpCrisscross on Monday August 25, 2025 @02:58AM (#45011067)
> Meta launches metaStore, which so the only way to get Facebook, threads, Instagram and WhatsApp

Would note the trade off: this store will be a bastion of tracking, possibly with Meta requiring its bugs be installed for inclusion.

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Re:Y Combinator Files Brief Supporting Epic Games by anilgulecha on Monday August 25, 2025 @03:09AM (#45011130)
Highly probable.

This will rightly push Apple in the right direction - to bring the right OS controls at the operating system level / store API level, and not leave things up to apps. This is a better world, despite short term issues with metaStore.

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Re:Y Combinator Files Brief Supporting Epic Games by JumpCrisscross on Monday August 25, 2025 @03:10AM (#45011146)
> bring the right OS controls at the operating system level / store API level, and not leave things up to apps

This will almost certainly be litigated. We also haven’t broached national laws mandating a government-controlled App Store. (Would expect this to emerge in right-wing Europe or India first.)

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