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Google is removing third-party apps and clock faces from all Fitbit watches in the EU(9to5google.com)

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Max-P@lemmy.max-p.me
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That feels like a major oversight from the EU. Users should be able to sideload whatever the fuck they want. Can it run apps as a separate package? Yes? The user should be able to install their own without restrictions.

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abhibeckert@lemmy.world
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I don’t think it’s an oversight at all. The rule is Google can’t do anything on the platform that the competition is blocked from doing.

If there is no store, then google has no advantage.

As for removing features from a product - that’s a different issue entirely and I expect compensation will be in order. Refunds for anyone who bought a Fitbit for example.

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Can it run apps as a separate package?

My guess is that their claim is that it now can’t.

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