sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Technology@beehaw.org · 6 months agoJapan forces Apple and Google to open their mobile platforms • The Registerwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1231cross-posted to: android@lemdro.id
arrow-up1231external-linkJapan forces Apple and Google to open their mobile platforms • The Registerwww.theregister.comsabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Technology@beehaw.org · 6 months agomessage-square45fedilinkcross-posted to: android@lemdro.id
minus-squarepetrescatraian@libranet.delinkfedilinkarrow-up20·6 months agoI think this means allowing the listing of third party app stores inside the Google Play Store - so you could search for F-Droid in Google Play for example instead of downloading and installing the .apk manually.
minus-squareNoIWontPickAName@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoI don’t like that, if I am going through the play store, I only want things that have gone through googles vetting process, flawed though it may be.
minus-squaremaynarkh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 months agoF-Droid could go through it, the thing that is prohibited is for Google to bar them just because they are a competitor.
I think this means allowing the listing of third party app stores inside the Google Play Store - so you could search for F-Droid in Google Play for example instead of downloading and installing the
.apkmanually.I don’t like that, if I am going through the play store, I only want things that have gone through googles vetting process, flawed though it may be.
F-Droid could go through it, the thing that is prohibited is for Google to bar them just because they are a competitor.