▲ 22 ▼ Third-party app stores coming to Google Play next week as Epic settlement withdrawn (arstechnica.com) submitted 3 months ago by Rose@lemmy.zip to c/epicgames@lemmy.zip 5 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Prathas@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 months ago (4 children) Wow, thanks for sharing! This is tremendously great news! permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] lemmysmash@piefed.social 9 points 3 months ago (3 children) It's not, though. They all (and all the app developers) will still have to stay under the authoritarian control of Google to be allowed anywhere nearby the "official" Androids: https://keepandroidopen.org. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Prathas@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 months ago (2 children) Wait, so is it not good news? Would you rather the ruling have gone in Google's favor? That's literally all I'm saying. I'm well aware of the coming lockdown. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lemmysmash@piefed.social 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) No-no, it's still good, sorry for the poor phrasing. It's just that there's not much in it for everyone who's not Epic, or Amazon, or Samsung, or Huawei etc. Still a good legal precedent for the future battles. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Prathas@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 months ago Oh. Okay, fair... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lemmysmash@piefed.social 9 points 3 months ago (3 children) It's not, though. They all (and all the app developers) will still have to stay under the authoritarian control of Google to be allowed anywhere nearby the "official" Androids: https://keepandroidopen.org. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Prathas@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 months ago (2 children) Wait, so is it not good news? Would you rather the ruling have gone in Google's favor? That's literally all I'm saying. I'm well aware of the coming lockdown. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lemmysmash@piefed.social 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) No-no, it's still good, sorry for the poor phrasing. It's just that there's not much in it for everyone who's not Epic, or Amazon, or Samsung, or Huawei etc. Still a good legal precedent for the future battles. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Prathas@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 months ago Oh. Okay, fair... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Prathas@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 months ago (2 children) Wait, so is it not good news? Would you rather the ruling have gone in Google's favor? That's literally all I'm saying. I'm well aware of the coming lockdown. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lemmysmash@piefed.social 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) No-no, it's still good, sorry for the poor phrasing. It's just that there's not much in it for everyone who's not Epic, or Amazon, or Samsung, or Huawei etc. Still a good legal precedent for the future battles. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Prathas@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 months ago Oh. Okay, fair... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lemmysmash@piefed.social 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) No-no, it's still good, sorry for the poor phrasing. It's just that there's not much in it for everyone who's not Epic, or Amazon, or Samsung, or Huawei etc. Still a good legal precedent for the future battles. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Prathas@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 months ago Oh. Okay, fair... permalink fedilink source parent