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Epic judge says he’ll ‘tear the barriers down’ on Google’s app store monopoly (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 months ago by Xatolos@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Cadeillac@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Just to add, there are multiple app stores available for Android devices. I hate Google, but this seems like an odd attack at first glance

[–] magic_smoke@links.hackliberty.org 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Because they make deals with manufacturers to ensure only google play is loaded on, and that the bootloader is locked so custom ROMs can't be easily installed. If they decline, they lose the right to ship w/ google play, and therefore piss of the average user.

Not just a coincidence that the only flagship devices on the market with an unlockable bootloader are made by Google. If you want to use android without them in a secure manner, you're going to have to pay them for it.