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Google to Be Sued by States over Alleged Play Store Abuse (bloomberg.com)
23 points by 1986 on July 7, 2021 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


Are there any laws that Google is (supposedly) breaking that Apple isn't?


Yes. Oversimplified: Apple iOS is a closed system, Google Android is an open(-ish) system. These "abuses" mentioned in the article are not something Apple would need to do:

Google was accused in the complaint of paying Samsung Electronics Co., the largest Android manufacturer, to ensure that the Korean company didn’t develop its own competing app store. Additionally, after Fortnite maker Epic Games Inc. began distributing its app outside of Google’s store, Google “bought off” developers to dissuade them from doing the same, according to the complaint.


Hahahaha you can be open or closed but not somewhere in the middle




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