LCP@lemmy.world to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoEpic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fightwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1353arrow-down112file-textcross-posted to: linux_gaming@lemmit.onlinetechnology@lemmy.worldprivacy@lemmy.mlgames@sh.itjust.worksantitrust@lemmy.mltechnology@kbin.socialeticadigitale@feddit.ittechnology@lemmy.worldhackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up1341arrow-down1external-linkEpic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fightwww.theverge.comLCP@lemmy.world to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square61fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: linux_gaming@lemmit.onlinetechnology@lemmy.worldprivacy@lemmy.mlgames@sh.itjust.worksantitrust@lemmy.mltechnology@kbin.socialeticadigitale@feddit.ittechnology@lemmy.worldhackernews@derp.foo
Google will appeal the decision: https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/11/23996902/google-will-appeal-the-epic-v-google-verdict
minus-square520@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·7 months agoApple makes its own app store for its own OS to be used on its own devices. It doesn’t make anyone else bundle its services on third party devices.
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·7 months agoIt is more that iOS isn’t the market leader. If iOS had Android’s marketshare, Apple would have lost its case.
minus-square520@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 months agoThat certainly weighs into it, but take a look at the agreements that Google has handset manufacturers agree to. They’re quite a lot like 90’s Microsoft.
Apple makes its own app store for its own OS to be used on its own devices. It doesn’t make anyone else bundle its services on third party devices.
It is more that iOS isn’t the market leader. If iOS had Android’s marketshare, Apple would have lost its case.
That certainly weighs into it, but take a look at the agreements that Google has handset manufacturers agree to. They’re quite a lot like 90’s Microsoft.