Android could soon be a very different place.
  • smeg@feddit.uk
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    2 months ago

    Offer device makers or carriers money or perks to preinstall the Play Store

    Does this cover GApps in general, I wonder?

    it wanted ... Google to stop being able to tie Android APIs to Google Play.

    I feel this would have been really big news

    The Apple case is already over, and Apple mostly won

    Seems crazy that Google is forced to open up when Android is already kind of open but Apple get away with keeping iOS very closed

    Offer developers money or perks to launch their apps on the Play Store exclusively or first

    Lol, as if Epic got away with this given that it's exactly what they do with PC games!

    • Xatolos@reddthat.com
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      2 months ago

      Seems crazy that Google is forced to open up when Android is already kind of open but Apple get away with keeping iOS very closed

      Offer developers money or perks to launch their apps on the Play Store exclusively or first

      Not only that, but Apple is still allowed to offer developers money/perks for exclusively as well but Google can't. This reads more like a pro-Apple wish list.