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A Jury Will Decide If Google's App Store Is an Unjust Monopoly (www.wired.com)
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[–] ElBarto 77 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If the Google Play store is a monopoly, then what the fuck is the apple store? At least on android you're not forced to only use the play store if you choose, unless you do some sketchy shit to your iPhone, you're stuck with their store only.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I believe the argument Apple used is that the PlayStation or Xbox doesn't need to have an alternative app store and everyone is fine with that, so iPhone is a similar device. Android, on the other hand, allow for installation of external app store.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Epic already tried and failed with the same argument against Apple, from the article:

Epic in 2021 mostly lost a nearly identical case against Apple over its own app store monopoly for iOS devices, and it is waiting to find out whether the US Supreme Court will hear an appeal.