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Google mocks Epic’s proposed reforms to end Android app market monopoly (arstechnica.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (19 children)

Any idea how this demand is different from the current state of Android?

Under Epic's terms, any app downloaded from anywhere would operate identically to apps downloaded from Google Play, without Google imposing any unnecessary distribution fees.

Last time I used it, I downloaded all my apps through F-Droid, and I didn’t think they were paying Google anything?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There are differences between play store and other store. For instance, on fdroid you have a pop up asking each and every time if you want to install or update the app after pressing install button. Play store you just click install and let it do its work in the background.

I don’t think fdroid can update app by itself in the background. Play store can.

I mean third party store doesn’t have access to some of the api play store have, things you don’t care but that is important to normies and that would induce reduced profit from epic store.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

You don't have that popup on NeoStore and other alternatives, because they use Android's new APIs. F-Droid (the app) somehow gets nowhere. Still can't export/import package sources either.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

F-Droid has allegedly had automatic/silent installs for a while now, although only on newer versions of Android (12+).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I used droid-ify recently, which is well maintained and still got these pop up. Are you sure we’re talking about the same thing ? I mean pop up that says « would you like to install x app ». Yes no. And you got to give permission to the store first to even show this pop up.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Updates specifically, initial install still gives the pop-up.

From my recent experience both the main F-droid app and Droid-ify can do silent updates. Not sure how automatic they are though.

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