• blackfire@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    They are unfortunately correct. Its the same sort of argument that got Microsoft. If they don’t allow competition from the start its fine if they do and work to undermine that competition then its by definition anti competitive and monopolistic. Crazy I know.

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      work to undermine that competition then its by definition anti competitive and monopolistic.

      But what exactly did they do though? Several OEMs have their own app stores (Samsung, Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo etc) and they’re not restricted in any way, nor is the Play Store promoted over their native app stores on those devices. Finally, you’re free to download any app store (F-Droid, Aurora, Apptoide) etc on pretty much every Android phone. So what exactly is anti-competitive here?

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        nor is the Play Store promoted over their native app stores on those devices

        Google actually forces it’s installation if you want to use the android trademark. It’d probably be pretty hard to market “MotorolaOS”

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          I don’t see the issue here. Is it really that bad to bundle your own apps in your own OS? Also, even though they bundle the store, it’s not like they’re forcing you to use it, nor is it prominently promoted over any other native stores.

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        Just spitballing, but maybe the Google play services that lots of apps require to run? So even if you have a third party store you likely still need those services that also lump in a bunch of other stuff for Google’s benefit.

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          You don’t need to use the Google Play Services at all. Developers only use it because it’s convenient, but you’re not forced to use it. A lot of users here on Lemmy for example (myself included) use alt stores like F-Droid, Droid-ify etc without any issues.