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Well, I’ll be damned. They finally won one it sounds like.

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[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 43 points 1 year ago

No the point. Most users won't install anything not on the app store.

[-] Petter1@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

Yea, but how is that a monopoly? There is even a fullon android AppStore from Amazon

[-] shrugal@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago

A monopoly is about market share and access to a market, "there is also ..." doesn't cut it in that discussion.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

The real issue here is that Apple is still allowed to do it.

Apple apparently doesn’t do backroom deals to stop other people from making app stores. That’s the difference between the two verdicts.

Of course, that’s because Apple just doesn’t allow other app stores at all, but apparently that’s not against the rules.

[-] poopkins@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

They do backroom deals to bring apps and games to iOS by offering reduced commissions on app purchases and subscriptions. They just haven't been caught yet.

They know about those deals, but that isn’t usually illegal. Keep in mind Epic themselves do that for their timed exclusives.

[-] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Apple's app store may be a problem, but saying "someone else is also doing something bad" doesn't mean what Google is doing isn't bad & illegal.

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