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Google must crack open Android for third-party stores, rules Epic judge (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 month ago by RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Maybe yeah, it’s so so fast to search “F-Droid” & hit download. Even prompts (at least on some Android versions) to allow installation and takes you right to settings.

Legislating incentives & payments is interesting, but not sure it’s a huge deal to do the very fastest search with the included web browser and then be able to install just about anything afterwards.

Don’t like all the bloatware that some manufacturers stealthily install and the nag notifications that can’t be disabled but those are separate issues.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Exactly. We should make rules about scary prompts and whatnot, I'm just hesitant about requiring an app store to distribute apps it doesn't want to for whatever reason, whether that's an ideological, technical, or competitive reason.