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The state of Playstore (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[โ€“] redcalcium@c.calciumlabs.com 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That's not true. Phone manufacturers need to pay if they want to include Google Play in their devices, it's not free. It can cost as much as $40 per device.

[โ€“] Fontasia@feddit.nl 7 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the correction, I was unaware