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Huh? They could just do a Fortnite.apk
No the point. Most users won't install anything not on the app store.
Yea, but how is that a monopoly? There is even a fullon android AppStore from Amazon
A monopoly is about market share and access to a market, "there is also ..." doesn't cut it in that discussion.
The real issue here is that Apple is still allowed to do it.
Apple apparently doesn’t do backroom deals to stop other people from making app stores. That’s the difference between the two verdicts.
Of course, that’s because Apple just doesn’t allow other app stores at all, but apparently that’s not against the rules.
They do backroom deals to bring apps and games to iOS by offering reduced commissions on app purchases and subscriptions. They just haven't been caught yet.
They know about those deals, but that isn’t usually illegal. Keep in mind Epic themselves do that for their timed exclusives.
Apple's app store may be a problem, but saying "someone else is also doing something bad" doesn't mean what Google is doing isn't bad & illegal.
A lot of people use fdroid
"a lot" means less than 0.01% of android users.
And stuff like fortnite would never make it to fdroid as well. People seem to jump through so many hoops to not admit the obvious monopoly in play.
Fdroid is for open source apps. Fortnite is anything but.
That was my point? Make it as in make its way to fdroid due to their restrictions.
Ah. My bad. I misread it.
Ah np
I don't think Epic ask that Fortnite is on any store but their own. They want their fully capable launcher on the dominant store.
Ik I was referring to previous comment mate. They were suggesting there are alternatives like fdroid.
Ah yes, year of linux vibes.
I don't like the notion that something having majority market share makes it a monopoly. The definition of monopoly, at least, as understood by me implies control of supply, not just having a higher demand.
They do infact. The exact filename is
FortniteInstaller-5.3.0.apk, so you're not too off the mark. :)