'Fortnite' developer Epic has pushed back on Google’s control of the Android app store. The courtroom showdown could force the search giant to offer users more apps, at more affordable prices.
  • ZinkEnglish
    128·
    1 year ago

    Not really a monopoly, sadly. Still found it a dick move the first time it warned me that an apk I downloaded wasn’t from play.

    • Steve@communick.newsEnglish
      162·
      1 year ago

      “Monopoly - (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller”

      Certainly a practical monopoly, if not a literal one. I would bet 99.9% of all app installs on android are through the Play Store.

      • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.mlEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        Google Play accounts for well over 90 percent of all downloads onto Android phones in the US, according to state prosecutors

      • MeatsOfRage@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        I’m comfortable installing apks and even I probably only have 3 or 4 vs the 50 or 60 play store apps on my phone.