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Google Says Opening Up Its App Store Is Expensive And Too Much Work, Gets Told By Judge, 'We're Going To Tear The Barriers Down' (www.benzinga.com)

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Judge James Donato intends to dismantle Google’s Android app store monopoly, following an earlier ruling declaring it illegal.
Google argued that opening its store to competitors would be too costly and complex, but the judge dismissed this claim, emphasizing that barriers will be removed.
Proposed remedies include banning discriminatory practices against rival app stores and setting up a committee to monitor compliance and report regularly.

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[-] Clbull@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Barking up the wrong tree, to be honest. Apple are the real monopolistic dickheads here.

[-] hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 41 points 1 month ago

They're being sued by the DOJ too.

[-] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 26 points 1 month ago

Why go for the greater of two evils when you can take on all the evils at once?

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[-] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 24 points 1 month ago

I'm not disagreeing. Fuck apple.

But the issue here is that Google offers Android to competitors but to get all the services, you need to offer the entire Google Ecosystem. Which is why you see Samsung phones offering a Samsung store AND A Google Play Store.

Apple doesn't offer their OS to competitors.

[-] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Enough with the false dichotomy. Two things can suck at the same time.

[-] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

It can be both my friend, and indeed it is both

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

Unlike Apple you can run an alternative app store (since Android 13(?) even with API for background updates) but on the other hand, Play Services are one big tracking engine.

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