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Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight (www.theverge.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Well, I’ll be damned. They finally won one it sounds like.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Google made back room deals with other development firms to help suppress the use of other app stores.

That's the issue here. The collusion aspect.

It's very different than Apple.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago

* Allegedly.

What exactly is evidence that Google has suppressed other stores, and in what manner ? If you consider say, Samsung, Xiaomi, Oppo etc - all have their own stores in parallel to the Play Store. And on all/other phones, you're free sideload any third-party app store.

Taking my Samsung phone as an example, I don't see the Play Store being promoted any more prominently than the Galaxy Store, nor do I see any blockers for using the Galaxy Store. I believe this is the same for other OEMs as well who bundle their own stores.

So tell me, where exactly is the suppression here?