I hope google gets fucked up the ass with this, because the play store is a cancerous app store thats giving android as a whole a bad name. I trust F-droid about 50x as much as I trust the play store just because of it promoting honesty and transparency from app developers. At this point, if I want an app that’s not on f droid, I usually just won’t get it.
Google also can’t:
Share app revenue “with any person or entity that distributes Android apps” or plans to launch an app store or app platform Offer developers money or perks to launch their apps on the Play Store exclusively or first Offer developers money or perks not to launch their apps on rival stores
So basically, hand Apple a monopoly over the smartphone duopoly. Apple still will be allowed to do this, and they have done this already in the past. Wow, way to make sure the free market stays free.
Worst part is, because this is a government made monopoly, Apple can’t be taken to court for monopoly behavior. Apple didn’t do anything here to make this happen, but will laugh all the way to the bank for it.
If Tim Sweeney disappeared from the face of this planet, nothing of value would be lost.
What I don’t get who gets the money if every app in the App Store must be on the third party store.
and it must give rival third-party app stores access to the full catalog of Google Play apps, unless developers opt out individually.
Is it just me or does this part sound a little weird?
So every alternative app store will be a perfect clone of Play’s app offering? Potentially without the app devs even knowing since it’s a opt-out? huh?
