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Google also can’t:
Share app revenue “with any person or entity that distributes Android apps” or plans to launch an app store or app platform Offer developers money or perks to launch their apps on the Play Store exclusively or first Offer developers money or perks not to launch their apps on rival stores
So basically, hand Apple a monopoly over the smartphone duopoly. Apple still will be allowed to do this, and they have done this already in the past. Wow, way to make sure the free market stays free.
Worst part is, because this is a government made monopoly, Apple can’t be taken to court for monopoly behavior. Apple didn’t do anything here to make this happen, but will laugh all the way to the bank for it.
and it must give rival third-party app stores access to the full catalog of Google Play apps, unless developers opt out individually.
Is it just me or does this part sound a little weird?
So every alternative app store will be a perfect clone of Play’s app offering? Potentially without the app devs even knowing since it’s a opt-out? huh?This is very dumb. So if a purchase a google play store app in epic store who gets the cut, what is the cut. Does google take their percentage and then epic takes theirs.
Google also can’t:
Share app revenue “with any person or entity that distributes Android apps” or plans to launch an app store or app platform
Offer developers money or perks to launch their apps on the Play Store exclusively or first
Offer developers money or perks not to launch their apps on rival stores
Ok, now do Epic and their paid exclusive practices.
WOW the hypocrisy
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!
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.
What I don’t get who gets the money if every app in the App Store must be on the third party store.
I’m confused about this.
You can already run third party sourced apps on android so what are they fighting about?
I’m assuming it has something to do with the payment processor?
Yes, the article explains that.
Google will have to distribute rival third-party app stores within Google Play, and it must give rival third-party app stores access to the full catalog of Google Play apps, unless developers opt out individually.
Both of those are completely irrelevant tho. Nobody cares about other app stores being available in the playstore, and aurora already can install any app of the playstore.
And Aurora isn’t an App Store.
Even so, google being forced this way will make app installation/updates much more convenient for non-root and oem-rom users. And ensure rhe aurora store or a future iteration of it aren’t going to flag peoples accounts for google to take action against them.
You know Aurora isn’t an App Store right. Just a front end for google play store.
Nice, I hope YouTube is next.