Lee Duna to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months agoA Jury Will Decide If Google's App Store Is an Unjust Monopolywww.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up1486arrow-down17
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minus-square@Zink@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish1•8 months agoNot really a monopoly, sadly. Still found it a dick move the first time it warned me that an apk I downloaded wasn’t from play.
minus-square@StevelinkEnglish14•8 months ago“Monopoly - (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller” Certainly a practical monopoly, if not a literal one. I would bet 99.9% of all app installs on android are through the Play Store.
minus-square@MeatsOfRage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•8 months agoI’m comfortable installing apks and even I probably only have 3 or 4 vs the 50 or 60 play store apps on my phone.
Not really a monopoly, sadly. Still found it a dick move the first time it warned me that an apk I downloaded wasn’t from play.
“Monopoly - (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller”
Certainly a practical monopoly, if not a literal one. I would bet 99.9% of all app installs on android are through the Play Store.
I’m comfortable installing apks and even I probably only have 3 or 4 vs the 50 or 60 play store apps on my phone.