Didn’t Apple lose a lawsuit which forced them to open iOS to third party app stores? How does Google expect to get away with effectively shutting out third party app stores after that?
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pewpew@feddit.it 3 weeks agoAccording to Google yes, because the Play Store is the “official” way of installing software.
But personally I hate this mentality and I don’t want a crentralized and controlled way of installing software
excral@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
pewpew@feddit.it 2 weeks ago
Google does not want to abolish third party app stores, they want to take control over the process of installing packages by requiring the authors to be verified by giving their personal info to Google. Also, there are still a catch to how Apple is “opening up” their iPhone ecosystem
ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
If I have to install an app store I don’t consider it to be the ‘official’ method. By default my phone doesn’t have it, a lot of android forks don’t, but if I have to break the law to add it, I guess I’ll stick with manually installing packages.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Yes, exactly, adopting the term side loading into our common vernacular is exactly what they want us to do. They want us to view installing apps from places other than the Play Store as Bad™ and Dangerous™ so they can better control what we do.
pewpew@feddit.it 2 weeks ago
I want my phone to be like a computer not a federal prison, dammit