Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

A Jury Will Decide If Google's App Store Is an Unjust Monopoly

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A Jury Will Decide If Google's App Store Is an Unjust Monopoly

Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

'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.

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3•2 years ago
Actually as of Android 12, there are APIs that allow third party app stores that aren’t system apps to automatically update apps.
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  1•2 years ago
  Huh that’s cool. I haven’t looked into the apis since about Android 9 so that checks out.

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