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Google loses app store antitrust appeal, must make sweeping changes to Play Store

a year ago by LCP to c/technology

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Google’s failed appeal could open up the market for Android apps.
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Lost_My_Mind 199 points a year ago

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.

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iturnedintoanewt 84 points a year ago

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.

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Mjpasta710 10 points a year ago

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

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mic_check_one_two 15 points a year ago

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 Because iOS automatically kills any apps with out-of-date signatures, only automatically refreshes signatures on official App Store apps, and doesn’t allow any signatures longer than 30 days.

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lka1988 9 points a year ago

I have many, many apps installed through not-Play Store methods. Haven't really run into any issues with them. Yeah, Android gets a bit picky on initial install, but once you've gone through that process once, it becomes a no-brainer.

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kadup 7 points a year ago

Haven’t really run into any issues with them

This has been changed if you're lucky enough to have a recent Android version, but not long ago any gallery app sideloaded from external sources couldn't be set as the system gallery, meaning managing pictures was really annoying because any changes required a pop up confirmation.

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bitwolf 1 point a year ago

Does this still happen? I use fdroid and it's not only more reliable than the play store, Ive never seen a malware warning or anything.

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