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Google loses app store antitrust appeal, must make sweeping changes to Play Store (arstechnica.com)
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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I feel like I would have agreed with Google had they just argued "This is our private store. We did all the work to build it. We control the rules. If you want to make the Epic Store apk, you can. Sideloading is an absolute possibility. No hacking needed."

I would agree with that.

Instead they argued by Epic charging money without giving google a slice, it compromises users safety and the innovation of the platform.

Fuck

Off.

[–] iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

But apps outside of their store (such as fdroid) get constantly pinged for malware security scans, and android treats them as second class citizens in a lot of scenarios. It's really frustrating to fight your phone on so many fronts just to use the apps you want.

[–] Mjpasta710@midwest.social 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Apple iOS users outside of the EU are familiar with this too.

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

For the curious, sideloading apps requires you to run a server on your computer, and refresh the signature on the app at least once a month. Because iOS automatically kills any apps with out-of-date signatures, only automatically refreshes signatures on official App Store apps, and doesn’t allow any signatures longer than 30 days.

[–] aquovie@lemmy.cafe 1 points 2 weeks ago

Don't you also need a developer license? So that's like an additional $8/month subscription to sideload on iOS.

Or I could be wrong 🤷

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