If they didn’t open up to anyone else when EU implemented it back in March/April, they won’t do it now.
Comment on Japan forces Apple and Google to open their mobile platforms • The Register
RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
Google allows that though or do they mean access of Google Play via 3rd party apps?
Not that I am saying it might not be necessary to include Google from the start, sets a good precedence and prevents a future where they might go the Apple route.
Just hope both Google and Apple won’t restrict opening up to Japanese market only. But who am I kidding, they will.
themurphy@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
petrescatraian@libranet.de 5 months ago
.apkmanually.TWeaK@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Downloading F-Droid from Google Play kind of defeats the purpose of F-Droid.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
You can still verify the install even if it went through the play store no? Or are apps on the playstore not signed by the developer?
TWeaK@lemm.ee 5 months ago
You’re still putting a measure of trust into Google with that, rather than just trusting F-Droid.
NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 5 months ago
I don’t like that, if I am going through the play store, I only want things that have gone through googles vetting process, flawed though it may be.
maynarkh@feddit.nl 5 months ago
F-Droid could go through it, the thing that is prohibited is for Google to bar them just because they are a competitor.